File photo dated 02/09/22 of a Jet2 plane. Jet2 has signalled that post-pandemic price increases for holidays may be starting to ease heading into the summer as competition heats up across the sector. Issue date: Wednesday April 24, 2024. PA Photo. See PA story CITY Jet2. Photo credit should read: Nicholas.T.
woman, 64 and identified as an American citizen, was said to be seriously ill and had been dying for two years.
The woman initiated the dying process herself by pressing a button while lying in the capsule - a cabin the size of a coffin. The Sacro capsule, first unveiled in 2019, is a portable, human-sized pod which replaces the oxygen inside it with nitrogen, causing death by hypoxia.Police in the northern Schaffhausen canton said the capsule had been used on Monday at a forest hut, after which several people were taken into custody -- and are now facing criminal proceedings.
Cops said in a statement: "The public prosecutor's office of the canton of Schaffhausen has opened criminal proceedings against several people for inducement and aiding and abetting suicide... and several people have been placed in police custody."The Last Resort organisation, an assisted dying group, presented the Sarco pod in Zurich in July, saying they expected it to be used for the first time within months and saw no legal obstacle to its use in Switzerland.
"Secondly, the corresponding use of nitrogen is not compatible with the purpose article of the Chemicals Act."The person climbs into the purple capsule, closes the lid, and is asked automated questions such as who they are, where they are and if they know what happens when they press the button.James Mildren, Director of engagement pro-life group CARE, said: "Philip Nitschke's device has been condemned by a broad range of commentators.
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