Switzerland becomes Mecca of death tourism of (Part 3)
21 November 2007Earlier Dignitas carried out the mission in a rented apartment in Zurich, however because of neighbors’ protests at the beginning of this year have been forced to move down therefrom.
All procedure of “easy” killing takes less than half an hour.
In the presence of the nurse the person drinks “cocktail” from barbiturates, then falls asleep, in 2-5 minutes falls into a condition of irreversible coma and, at last, dies. Doctors assure that patients feel nothing and even see pleasant dreams.
The organization could not rent an alternative apartment in any apartment house of Zurich, therefore last time they do away with patients in hotel apartments. And last month two Germans at the age of 65 and 50 years have found the death on a parking in Zurich suburb.
The police have found nothing illegal in Dignitas’ actions. “Everyone is free to choose, where to die”, - was their verdict. It is known, that each of Germans has paid for the death about €5 thousand.
High cost of Dignitas’ services irritates its opponents. Opponents - Swiss Christian Democrats are the most formidable from them - accuse the organization of making business on another’s tragedy. They also do not like transformation of Switzerland into a popular direction of “death tourism”.