First suicide pod use ‘soon’ in Switzerland: campaigners

The Sarco suicide pod is expected to be soon used for the first time in Switzerland – Copyright AFP Anatolii STEPANOV

Nathalie OLOF-ORS

An assisted dying group expects a new portable suicide pod to be used for the first time in Switzerland potentially within months to provide death without medical supervision, they said Wednesday.

The space-age looking Sarco capsule first unveiled in 2019 replaces the oxygen inside of it with nitrogen, causing death by hypoxia.

The recently-formed organisation The Last Resort said it saw no legal obstacle…