Switzerland approved painless death using euthanasia device. Image Courtesy – Popular Mechanics
Switzerland approved painless death using euthanasia devices. The device is called Sacro Suicide Capsule. Suicide is now a legitimate right for citizens in Switzerland. A special device has been made in that country to commit suicide. One can get painless death with the help of this machine. The machine has already got recognition by the department of law in Switzerland.
This Sacro Suicide Capsule is actually a death coffin made by Exit International. It helps a person to commit suicide. This Death Coffin is the brainchild of Dr. Philip Nitschke, founder of Exit International, Switzerland.
A statistical report showed that the number of suicides has increased in Switzerland. Around 1300 people were assisted in suicide in 2020. Exit and Dignitas – the two non-profit organizations of Switzerland helped them commit suicide.
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What is Sarco Suicide Capsule?
This Coffin Shaped machine is made with 3D technology. The machine is activated from the inside. A person can enter the Sarco Suicide Capsule and lie down. Some questions will be asked then to that person in automatic voice inside the machine. After answering some questions, the person can activate the machine by pressing the switch. Then the capsule will start working slowly. That person will fall into the lap of painless death in a minute.
According to the technology described for the machine – the capsule fills with Nitrogen as soon as the switch is pressed. The Oxygen level decreases automatically. The person inside feels a little uncomfortable at first, then loses consciousness. The person suffers from hypoxia and hypocapnia. He feels no panic or suffocation. The person will not even have any feelings.
It was learned that arrangements were also being made to keep a camera inside the capsule. It was made because the last wish of a person just before death can be known by others outside.
There is a need for physician support for this entire episode currently. Physicians are needed to fill the machine with Pentobarbital Sodium. A person gradually goes into a coma with the help of this drug. The next condition is death.
Dr. Philip Nishke told, “It is our intention that a person will die under his own control without a doctor or any drug. So, Exit International wants to upgrade this system further.”
Euthanasia and help in suicide is not similar
According to Britain’s National Health Service, euthanasia is a method of killing a person to alleviate suffering. In this method, a doctor prescribes a lethal drug to a person. By taking that drug a very sick person can end his life. Helping a person to commit suicide means – helping a person to commit suicide without the help of medical procedures. No doctor is allowed to assist in suicide in Switzerland. As in the case of India, euthanasia and aiding and abetting suicide are legal offenses.
