{"id":2469,"date":"2024-07-30T13:28:26","date_gmt":"2024-07-30T13:28:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thelastresort.ch\/?p=2469"},"modified":"2024-08-06T14:02:19","modified_gmt":"2024-08-06T14:02:19","slug":"suicide-pod-death-called-off-at-last-minute","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thelastresort.ch\/deutsch\/suicide-pod-death-called-off-at-last-minute\/","title":{"rendered":"Suicide pod death called off at last minute"},"content":{"rendered":"

LADBible<\/strong><\/a> reports<\/p>\n

Suicide pod death called off at last minute as first person was set to die in machine<\/p>\n

A woman from the US, in her 50s, was scheduled to be the first person to use the Sarco pod<\/p>\n

The creator of a controversial \u2018suicide pod\u2019 which claims to painlessly end the life of the occupant at the push of a button called off its launch at the last minute.<\/p>\n

Dr Philip Nitschke \u2013 who has been dubbed \u2018Dr Death\u2019 \u2013 announced that plans for the first ever patient, referred to as Person X, to climb inside of the Sarco pod have been \u2018permanently postponed\u2019.<\/p>\n

The woman, from the US and in her 50s, was scheduled to use the high-tech assisted dying system that has been described as the \u2018Telsa of euthanasia\u2019 on 17 July.<\/p>\n

Prosecutors in Switzerland\u2019s Schaffhausen Canton warned Australian medic Dr Nitschke, 76, that going ahead with it could land him in severe legal trouble, saying that there would be \u2018serious consequences\u2019.<\/p>\n

However, it wasn\u2019t the fear of prosecution which has forced the team at pro-euthanasia group Exit International to pump the breaks on their plans \u2013 although the medic believes the subsequent \u2018media storm\u2019 it brought did impact the patient.<\/p>\n

The group\u2019s founder and the Sarco pod\u2019s inventor Nitschke explained that Person X was suffering from \u2018deteriorating mental health\u2019, which is why her assisted suicide and the debut of his creation has been \u2018aborted\u2019.<\/p>\n

He said: \u201cGiven her situation, it is clear that this is a person who should now be receiving mental health care, rather than any suicide assistance.\u201d<\/p>\n

According to the Daily Mail, the euthanasia advocate will be involved in the assessment and pre-screening of the next candidate who wishes to end their life with the Sarco pod.<\/p>\n

Nitschke said: \u201cGiven the media scrutiny surrounding Person X, all future clients will need to be warned of the possibility that, despite our best efforts to keep their death private, any first use of Sarco will be the subject of intense media interest and reporting.\u201d<\/p>\n

He explained that concerns had been raised regard Person X after she experienced \u2018multiple episodes of significant cognitive lapses bordering on pre-psychosis\u2019 as the date of her scheduled death loomed.<\/p>\n

When 17 July finally rolled around, a euthanasia group named \u2018The Last Resort\u2019 announced that the Sarco pod would be instead used within the next year.<\/p>\n

Exit International claim that the 3D-printed capsule can provide people who want to end their lives with a \u2018painless death\u2019 within minutes.<\/p>\n

It works by flooding the chamber with nitrogen, reducing oxygen levels rapidly so that individuals inside quickly feel woozy before falling unconscious after just one minute, and dying after 10.<\/p>\n

Nitschke said that he came up with the death capsule in order to create a \u2018peaceful, reliable, drug-free\u2019 method of assisted dying which allowed the patient to have full control of their final moments.<\/p>\n

Exit International have even made sure the Sarco pods can be activated via voice control and eye movement for those who have very severe illnesses and mobility issues, such as locked-in syndrome.<\/p>\n

Nitschke was even toying with the idea of trying to bring them to the UK at one point.<\/p>\n

He previously highlighted that the capsule went through thorough testing and said that he \u2018will probably use the Sarco\u2019 in his final days instead of being \u2018in a miserable state while seriously ill.\u2019<\/p>\n

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