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| Founded | 15 August 2019 in Basel, Switzerland |
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| Founder | Ruedi Habegger |
Area served | World |
| Website | pegasos-association |
Pegasos Swiss Association or Pegasos is a non-profit[1] group based in Basel, Switzerland with a minimal-bureaucracy approach to assisted suicide. (They also used to have an office in Melbourne, Australia,[2] which is now closed). In Greek mythology, Pegasus is a winged horse that the Pegasos association sees as symbolizing how patients speedily escape gravity on their final journey.[3]
Origin[edit]
Pegasos Swiss Association was founded in August 2019 by Ruedi Habegger,[3] brother of the Swiss suicide activist Erika Preisig.[4] Habegger was instrumental in the assisted suicide of famous 104-year old Australian scientist David Goodall. In its first month, the association provided four patients with lethal doses of sodium pentobarbital at their Liestal facility.[3]
Process[edit]
While other assisted suicide organisations require reports from medical experts, Pegasos only needs them in complicated cases, such as patients with mental and neurological diseases.[3]
The organisation has loose ties to Philip Nitschke's Exit International, and Nitschke plans to explore the use of his Sarco device in collaboration with Pegasos.[5]
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ "After the spin-off, new suicide aid is created". 20 Minuten. 5 October 2019. Retrieved 22 February 2020.
- ^ Henkel, Laura. "Choosing my time to die a dignified death". Echonet Daily. Retrieved 21 February 2020.
- ^ a b c d "Die unbureaucratically: A new suicide organization has emerged". The World News. Retrieved 21 February 2020.
- ^ "Nach Streit entsteht neue Freitod-Organisation in Basel | Tages-Anzeiger".
- ^ O'Dea, Clare (19 November 2019). "The making of a right-to-die campaigner". Swissinfo. Retrieved 22 February 2020.