Several people were arrested in Swiss after using a capsule of “assisted suicide”a kind of sarcophagus that allows a person take one’s own life without the help of a doctor, police reported Tuesday.
How the assisted suicide capsule that is causing controversy in Switzerland works
The device is presented as a small cabin in which The person who wants to end his life must lie down and answer a series of questions to confirm that he understands what he is doing before pressing a button that releases nitrogen.
The person He loses consciousness after a few breaths and dies within minutes.according to the association that promotes this capsule.
The prosecutor’s office of a small canton located in the north of Swissnear the border with Germanywas informed on Monday by a law firm that “assisted suicide through the use of Sarco capsule had taken place in the afternoon,” it said in a statement.
“The prosecution of the canton of Schaffhausen “A criminal case has been opened against several people for inciting and assisting suicide, and several people have been arrested,” he announced.
According to Swiss media, this is the first time that this device, called “sarco” by sarcophagus. “The suicide capsule was confiscated and the body of the deceased was transferred for an autopsy.”the cantonal police said.
In July, the promoters of this device presented it expressing their desire to make the first use in Swisswhich caused great commotion since assisted suicide is allowed in the country but with the supervision of a doctor.
However, the association announced in late July that the person who was to be the first to use it, an American woman in her fifties, had been ruled out due to her deteriorating mental state.
On Monday, Swiss Interior Minister, Elisabeth Baume Schneidersaid during a question session in the Chamber of Deputies that this “suicide capsule does not comply with the law.”
First of all, it does not comply with “product safety requirements” The use of nitrogen in this capsule is also “not compatible” with the purpose of the law on chemicals, the minister explained.
Source: Ambito
