A retired teacher with incurable cancer has called on MPs to approve assisted dying legislation after watching his terminally ill pal suffer a ‘horrible death’.<br /><br />Brian Griffin, 72, who has bone marrow cancer, says the law is essential as it means he can avoid ‘excruciatingly prolonged’ suffering from further chemotherapy.<br /><br />His first stem cell transplant gave him 10 healthy years, but he then needed another one in 2021 and knows that second transplants don’t last as long.<br /><br />While he is well at the moment, Brian knows eventually its effects will wear off, leaving only his only options as more chemotherapy and palliative care.<br /><br />Brian said: “A relative of mine had a horrible, horrible death, squirming around on the bed for hours and hours in total agony and the medical staff were refusing to give them any more pain relief.
