The inventor of the ‘Sarco’ gas-chamber, assisted-suicide pod, Dr Philip Nitschke has announced he will make the pods available for use in the UK [1] if an ‘assisted dying’ Bill becomes law.
With Kim Leadbeater’s Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill being voted on on Friday, The Telegraph reports that Nitschke is “absolutely” keen on bringing his machine to the UK.
Professor of law and constitutional government at St John’s College, Oxford, Richard Ekins KC said, “If Kim Leadbeater’s Bill passes, and if the Secretary of State approves liquid nitrogen as an approved substance, then the Sarco death pod would be a lawful means to assist suicide in Britain”.
A person ends their own life inside the 3D-printed Sarco pod by pushing a button which injects nitrogen gas into the sealed gas chamber. The nitrogen causes them to suffocate to death.