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Philip Haig Nitschke [1] (/ ˈ n ɪ tʃ k ɪ /; born 8 August 1947) is an Australian humanist, author, former physician, and founder and director of the pro-euthanasia group Exit International. He campaigned successfully to have a legal euthanasia law passed in Australia's Northern Territory and assisted four people in ending their lives before ...
The capsule was invented by Dr. Philip Nitschke, a proponent for assisted suicide who is nicknamed “Dr. Death" ... Sarco suicide capsule, during a media event organised by the Last Resort, a ...
The design software allows for devices of different sizes to be made according to the client's dimensions. Nitschke has said that the design is intended to resemble that of a spaceship, in order to give users the feel that they are traveling to the "great beyond". [9] Nitschke planned to release the open source plans for the Sarco by 2019. [7]
The doctor who created the Sarco “suicide pod” has said he will bring his creation to the UK if assisted dying is made legal.. Dr Philip Nitschke said he is ready to launch the pod, should ...
Exit International was founded by Philip Nitschke in 1997 after the over-turning of the world's first Voluntary Euthanasia law—the Rights of the Terminally Ill (ROTI) Act enacted in the Northern Territory, Australia. During the ROTI Act, Nitschke became the first physician in the world to administer a legal, lethal, voluntary injection. [2]
The 64-year-old woman from the Midwest died Monday, in the “Sarco” device on Monday evening, according to The Last Resort, the company which developed and manages the machine.
Image of Sarco, by Philip Nitschke In 2017, Nitschke invented the 3D-printed suicide capsule, which he named "the Sarco". [ 16 ] The Sarco would contain a touchpad and nitrogen, and once an activation code is entered, "the person is again asked if they wish to die". [ 16 ]
Nitschke's organisation sells suicide kits that contain nitrogen tanks and regulators. [19] He promotes the use of nitrogen and suicide bags with lectures and films, such as Doing it with Betty – in which an elderly woman describes how to make a plastic 'exit' bag, [20] [21] and with published materials such as workshop handbooks. [22]