First suicide pod use 'soon' in Switzerland: campaigners
Nathalie OLOF-ORS
Thu, 18 July 2024 at 1:59 am SGT
4-min read
The Sarco suicide pod is expected to be soon used for the first time in Switzerland (ARND WIEGMANN)
The Sarco suicide pod is expected to be soon used for the first time in Switzerland (ARND WIEGMANN)
An assisted dying group expects a portable suicide pod to be used for the first time in Switzerland, potentially within months, providing death without medical supervision, it said Wednesday.
The space-age looking Sarco capsule, first unveiled in 2019, replaces the oxygen inside it with nitrogen, causing death by hypoxia. It would cost $20 to use.
The Last Resort organisation said it saw no legal obstacle to its use in Switzerland, where the law generally allows assisted suicide if the person commits the lethal act themselves.
Nathalie OLOF-ORS
Thu, 18 July 2024 at 1:59 am SGT
4-min read
The Sarco suicide pod is expected to be soon used for the first time in Switzerland (ARND WIEGMANN)
The Sarco suicide pod is expected to be soon used for the first time in Switzerland (ARND WIEGMANN)
An assisted dying group expects a portable suicide pod to be used for the first time in Switzerland, potentially within months, providing death without medical supervision, it said Wednesday.
The space-age looking Sarco capsule, first unveiled in 2019, replaces the oxygen inside it with nitrogen, causing death by hypoxia. It would cost $20 to use.
The Last Resort organisation said it saw no legal obstacle to its use in Switzerland, where the law generally allows assisted suicide if the person commits the lethal act themselves.