First suicide pod to be used 'soon' in Switzerland

By Agence France-Presse

Jul 19, 2024 12:05 am

ZURICH, Switzerland — 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 on 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.

BREATHLESS Fiona Stewart, advisory board member and chief operating officer of The Last Resort, an assisted suicide-focused nonprofit group, presents the Sarco suicide capsule in the city of Zurich, northern Switzerland, on July 17, 2024. AFP PHOTO

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