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The Sarco pod (also known as Pegasos, and sometimes referred to as a "suicide pod" [1]) is a euthanasia device or machine consisting of a 3D-printed detachable capsule mounted on a stand that contains a canister of liquid nitrogen to die by suicide through inert gas asphyxiation. "Sarco" is short for "sarcophagus".
Warning: This story contains sensitive content The death of an American woman in an assisted suicide capsule has led to criminal proceedings being launched against several people in Switzerland.
The diePod allows the patient to choose visual and auditory themes that present themselves as the patient is killed. It also shows three different modes, namely, "Quick Painless Death", "Slow and Painful Death", and "Megadeath" (a pun on a band of a similarly spelled name). It was a reference to the suicide building in Soylent Green.
[5] [17] Forensic death investigations of cause and manner of death may be very difficult when people die by suicide in this manner, provided the apparatus (such as the bag, tank, or tube) is removed by someone after death. [4] [17] Petechiae, which are often considered a marker of asphyxia, are present in only a small minority of cases (3%). [40]
Exit International Switzerland has just legalized a new way to die by assisted suicide. The country’s medical review board has authorized the use of the Sarco Suicide Pod, which is a 3-D-printed ...
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Sweden has a suicide rate which was below the OECD average. [1] During the 1960s, Sweden had one of the highest reported suicide rates among the most developed countries, but it declined as methods for measuring were standardized internationally. [2] In 2011, 1378 suicide deaths occurred, which equates to a rate of 17.5 per 100,000 people.