( CNN ) A Chilean girl 's plea via social media for an assisted suicide caught the attention of the person the teen thinks could make it happen : President Michelle Bachelet . Bachelet visited 14-year-old Valentina Maureira on Saturday after the girl 's video went viral and spurred debate in Chile about euthanasia . Valentina was diagnosed with cystic fibrosis when she was 6 . Her older brother died from the same disease . Cystic fibrosis is a life-threatening disease that damages the lungs and digestive system . Valentina 's family has already witnessed how the disease can be terminal . Valentina 's suffering includes vomiting and headaches that are constant , according to her father , Freddy Maureira . The teen recently posted a video on her Facebook page , asking Bachelet to allow her to end her life . `` I am tired of living with this sickness , '' Valentina says in the video . `` Please authorize an injection so I can sleep forever . '' Bachelet visited Valentina on Saturday for more than an hour at the hospital . The country 's minister of health also attended . During the visit , the President learned details about Valentina 's health , whose condition has reportedly slightly improved , CNN Chile reported . The teen thanked Bachelet for the visit , and her father said he is holding on to hope for a lung transplant for his daughter , according to CNN Chile . Before the visit , the President had already stated her position on the impossibility of an assisted suicide for the girl . Not even the President can agree to Valentina 's request because Chilean law does not allow euthanasia , Presidential spokesman Alvaro Elizaldo said . `` But what are we doing ? '' Elizaldo said last week . `` The health ministry is in constant contact with Valentina 's family , and we will provide all the emotional and psychological support and medical treatment to improve her living conditions . '' Valentina 's case has caused an overwhelming response on social media . People took to Facebook and Twitter to discuss the debate on assisted suicide . One Twitter user posed the question in a tweet : `` After the case of Valentina Maureira , should euthanasia be legal ? '' Doctor Andres Castillo , chief of pediatrics at Catholic University 's Clinic Hospital , said that at the moment , Valentina 's condition is stable . '' After her diagnosis , doctors expected her to live to about 17 , which would give her three and a half more years to live .
14-year-old Valentina Maureira suffers from cystic fibrosis . She was diagnosed with the disease when she was just three months old and has been on a ventilator ever since.