Suicide Pod Can Be Used in Switzerland

[Robert59]

The Sarco is cleared for use.

An assisted suicide pod first introduced three and a half years ago has now been cleared for use in Switzerland. The Sarco, invented by Dr. Philip Nitschke of the Exit International nonprofit, has passed a legal review and can be operated in the country, SwissInfo reports.

https://www.newser.com/story/314207/suicide-capsule-can-be-used-in-switzerland.html

 

[win231]

If someone with multiple personalities gets into the pod, is it considered a hostage situation?

 

[HoneyNut]

An assisted suicide pod

That sounds pretty cool. When I had a mouse problem a few years ago I hired a decontamination company to clean up the mouse pee/poo, and on their site it seemed that mostly they cleaned up suicide-by-gun messes. And I remember when I was a kid there was a house down the road where someone had hung himself. A suicide pod seems greatly preferable.

 

[Pepper]

Sounds bloody awful! Don't like the enclosed pod thing at all.

 

[win231]

Sounds bloody awful! Don't like the enclosed pod thing at all.

I don't like it either. There's no room to move around.
And someone with claustrophobia would want a larger one.

 

[Alligatorob]

The Sarco is cleared for use.

When the time comes I sure hope I can get to one of these!

 

[Aunt Bea]

I think it's a step in the right direction.

I would like to follow this and see how it is received as an alternative to traditional end-of-life care, warehousing of the elderly, etc...

It seems like this could easily go from a pod to a simple face mask similar to those used by dentists.

 

[dseag2]

After seeing my mother go through end-of-life hospice last month, I would absolutely advocate for these. She could have cut at least a month of agony, laying in bed with her organs shutting down, out of her life. It was horrible to see. If I get to that point, I would gladly take one of these. Heck, I will ingest a Tide Pod if that's what it takes.

 

[Pookie]

This is quite interesting.