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Several arrested after woman dies in 'suicide pod'
In Switzerland, assisted suicide has long been legal, and hundreds of
people travel there to end their own lives each year. Most of the assisted
suicides concern elderly people who suffer from a terminal disease. The
Swiss assisted suicide organization EXIT reported that it helped over 1,200
people with extreme pain, unbearable symptoms, or an unendurable disability to end
their lives by injection in 2019 alone. Recently, an elderly woman who was
suffering from an immune disease ended her life using the Sacro capsule, a 3D-printed
assisted suicide device. Once inside, the user presses a button that releases
nitrogen into the chamber, reducing oxygen levels from 21 percent to 1 percent
in about 30 seconds, which causes disorientation and euphoria before the person
loses consciousness, leading to death through hypoxia (lack of oxygen) and
hypocapnia (carbon dioxide deprivation) without panic or discomfort in 5 to 10
minutes after losing consciousness. Although the use of Sarco was legally
greenlit in Switzerland, this first use reportedly resulted in several arrests
based on technical violations including the use of nitrogen.
Read the article and learn about this 3D-printed suicide pod.
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