Campaign groups behind the controversial suicide capsule known as the “Sarco” announced on Sunday that they have suspended the application process for those requesting to use it. Sarco had garnered over 370 requests as of last month. The decision follows the ongoing criminal investigation into the device’s first use, which has ignited a great deal...
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Switzerland police take action over death using ‘suicide pod’
The Sarco assisted suicide capsule has raised legal and ethical questions in Switzerland, where active euthanasia is banned. | Photo Credit: AFP Several people were taken into custody after the controversial Sarco suicide pod was used to end a woman’s life, Switzerland police said on Tuesday (September 24, 2024) Police in the northern Schaffhausen canton...
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Sarco ‘suicide pod’ gave chilling command before American woman took her own life
The American woman who became the first person to take her own life in the new “suicide pod” in Switzerland was given a chilling command by the morbid machine before she took her last breaths. After entering the Sarco suicide pod on Monday, the machine allegedly asked the 64-year-old woman, who has not been publicly...
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‘Immune-compromised’ woman, 64, uses ‘suicide pod’ dubbed ‘the Tesla of euthanasia’ to end her life — several arrested
A 64-year-old US woman this week became the first person to use a “suicide pod” to end her life — and several people have been detained in Switzerland over the death. The woman, a Midwesterner who was not named publicly, died Monday afternoon in the portable, 3D-printed chamber called a Sarco, short for “sarcophagus” —...
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Swiss police detain several people after Sarco ‘suicide pod’ used
Several people have been taken into police custody in Switzerland after the Sarco suicide pod was used in the northern Schaffhausen canton on Monday, local time. It is the first time a person has died by suicide in the capsule which releases nitrogen gas into the sealed chamber to end a person’s life within minutes....
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‘It’s the right thing for me and my body’: Woman plans to travel overseas to end her life
CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. (KFVS/Gray News) – A Missouri woman has one simple message about the choice she is making to end her life: ”My body, my choice, my death.” On a beautiful afternoon in September, Gayle Hendrix enjoyed a lunch outdoors with friends. They savored not only the food and drinks but these final moments...
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Controversial suicide pod dubbed the ‘Tesla of euthanasia’ to be used for the first time
A suicide pod dubbed the “Tesla of euthanasia” will be used for the first time next week. Sarco, a 3D-printed capsule, was unveiled at the Venice Design Festival in 2019 and reportedly offers a painless death within 10 minutes of entering with the push of a button, reported Metro. It works by flooding the chamber...
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First suicide pod to be used ‘soon’ in Switzerland, assisted dying group says
An assisted dying group expects a new portable suicide pod to be used for the first time in Switzerland, potentially within months, to provide death without medical supervision, they said on Wednesday. The space-age looking Sarco capsule first unveiled in 2019 replaces the oxygen inside of it with nitrogen, causing death by hypoxia. The recently...