Executive Director, Euthanasia Prevention Coalition
Swiss police say they have opened a criminal investigation and arrested several people after the suspected death of a woman in a so-called suicide capsule.The Swiss government indicated that Sarco is not compatible with Swiss Law. Swissinfo reported on September 24:
According to local reports, the capsule, named the Sarco Pod by its inventor, was used for the first time on Monday afternoon in a forest close to the German border in the Swiss town of Merishausen.
The Sarco suicide capsule – that claims to provide assisted suicide at the touch of a button – does not comply with the law, Health Minister Elisabeth Baume-Schneider told the House of Representatives on Monday.
Firstly, the capsule does not meet the requirements of product safety legislation and cannot therefore be placed on the market, the minister explained in response to a parliamentarian’s question. Furthermore, the use of nitrogen in the capsule is not compatible with the objective of the law on chemical products.
When it comes to product safety law, jurisdiction must be clarified on a case-by-case basis, said Baume-Schneider. On the other hand, the cantons are responsible for cases where nitrogen is not used in accordance with the regulations.
Exit International, an organization that is operated by Philip Nitschke, is attempting to expand the scope of the Swiss assisted suicide law.
The Euthanasia Prevention Coalition will closely follow this case.
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A suicide pod does not follow safety regulations?? How silly is that? Not being killed safely. Really?
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ReplyDeleteThis is what breathing Nitrogen causes: Breathing high levels of nitrogen oxides can cause rapid burning, spasms, and swelling of tissues in the throat and upper respiratory tract, reduced oxygenation of body tissues, a build-up of fluid in your lungs, and death. And another bit I found on the internet, which I completely agree with. Warning that experimental executions by nitrogen gas asphyxiation likely violate international bans on torture and other cruel, inhuman, or degrading punishment, the experts said in a statement, “We are concerned that nitrogen hypoxia would result in a painful and humiliating death.” The U.N. Perhaps someone should tell the Swiss police this.
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