The Sarco pod, short for sarcophagus, is a controversial euthanasia device. A 64-year-old woman from the US recently died by suicide using the Sarco suicide pod at a woodland retreat in Switzerland.

The Sarco Pod, a futuristic capsule designed for assisted suicide, has sparked a massive controversy in Switzerland, especially after a 64-year-old American woman used one recently. Despite ...

Swiss police have arrested several people after a controversial futuristic-looking capsule designed to allow its occupant to ...

A 64-year-old woman from the Midwestern United States died at approximately 4:01 pm on Monday using the controversial Sarco suicide pod in a forest hut located in the northern canton of ...

The Sarco pod at the location where it was allegedly used by a 64-year-old American woman who "died using the Sarco device". Photo / AFP The Sarco suicide pod was used for the first time this week ...

The final message people will hear seconds before they die inside a Sarco suicide pod has been revealed - and will leave people chilled. The Sarco pod, which takes its name from the word ...

The Sarco pod's inventor has called for the euthanasia device to be introduced in the UK, and has contacted politicians who are campaigning for assisted dying to be legalised, it has been revealed.

A 64-year-old woman from the United States has become the first person to end her life using the controversial ‘suicide pod’ known as Sarco in Switzerland. The incident occurred earlier this ...

Euthanasia campaigner Dr Florian Willet described the first death in the controversial Sarco pod on Monday as 'peaceful, fast and dignified'. Co-president of The Last Resort, the firm set up to ...

This is the first time such a capsule has been used. The Sarco pod allows a user to seal herself inside and press a button that releases nitrogen gas. The occupant will then lose consciousness and ...

An innovative but contentious assisted suicide device known as Sarco has ignited a legal frenzy in Switzerland.

A man has talked about the time he went inside a controversial Sarco suicide pod and lived to tell the tale. Stepping inside one of the pods is only meant to end one way, but Times journalist Mark ...