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.

An American woman has become the first person to die through the use of a “Sarco suicide pod”. Two people were arrested on charges of assisting her to use the unapproved, Dutch-made device, Swiss ...

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 "Sarco" capsule, which has never been used before, is designed to allow a person sitting in a reclining seat inside to push a button that injects nitrogen gas into the sealed chamber.

A Sarco assisted-suicide pod has been used for the first time in Switzerland by a woman who died "under a canopy of trees" - prompting police to arrest staff. A 64-year-old American woman is ...

An American woman has become the first person to die through the use of a “Sarco suicide pod”. Two people were arrested on charges of assisting her to use the unapproved, Dutch-made device ...

Police in the northern canton of Schaffhausen bordering Germany said the so-called “Sarco” capsule had been deployed in a wood in the municipality of Merishausen on Monday. Prosecutors in ...

A 64-year-old American was reported to have died by assisted suicide in a remote forest in northern Switzerland with the help of two right-to-die groups that facilitated her use of a Sarco capsule ...

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.

The makers of the Sarco suicide pod have been accused of 'manipulating and exploiting' an American woman looking to end her life into spending all of her money. Jennifer McLaughlin, 55 ...

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