Chilean teen dies after public euthanasia campaign

A Chilean teenage girl who made a YouTube video in an unsuccessful plea to end her life, has died from lung problems caused by cystic fibrosis.

File image of the late Valentina Maureira taking a photo of herself with President Michelle Bachelet, at the Catholic University hospital in Santiago, Chile on February 28, 2015. Source: Chile Presidential Press Office

Hundreds of people have attended the funeral of a Chilean teenage girl who made a YouTube video in an unsuccessful plea to end her life.

Fourteen-year-old Valentina Maureira died on Thursday from lung problems caused by cystic fibrosis.

In February Valentina posted a heart-wrenching YouTube video in which she asked Chilean President Michelle Bachelet to allow her to end her suffering.

Her brother had died of cystic fibrosis when he was six.

Bachelet visited the girl but said she could not approve her request to be euthanised.

Valentina later changed her mind after meeting people who responded to her video.