A seriously ill Fife woman is making arrangements for her own death.

Sandra Ewing, who has lost both her legs and battled MRSA, has ordered doctors to stop her life-saving kidney dialysis treatment.

The mother of two from Glenrothes lost her legs two years ago after developing septicaemia. She later contracted MRSA while undergoing treatment and her kidneys also failed.

Ms Ewing has to undergo dialysis three times a week, but at the end of the month she will stop having the life-saving treatment.

She is planning a farewell party with family and friends before allowing herself to die.

She told STV news: "It’s been explained that I’ll probably slip into a massive coma, I’ll be given pain relief during this and then it’ll come to the stage where I won’t know anything and then my life will just slip away."

• Full story at STV.

• Filed under Assisted Dying, Scottish Christian News Monitor.