Can you believe it? In Switzerland, euthanasia can be performed alone, and a painless death can be achieved at the push of a button.
Recently, a Swiss 3D printer made a euthanasia machine, passed a legal review. When a person enters the inside of a machine, he can end his life at the push of a button, but this invention has also caused many people to be dissatisfied.
Some people believe that the machine's simple "death" process is disrespectful to life, but others believe that this method of euthanasia can make a peaceful, painless death for terminally ill patients worth promoting.
Euthanasia refers to some patients with incurable diseases, in a state of imminent danger. After being greatly tortured mentally and physically, under the true will of the patient himself, a professionally qualified physician uses a more humane method to make the patient end the process of life in a painless state.
And the entire implementation process needs to go through a legal process review before it can be carried out.
Euthanasia is mainly divided into two types: active euthanasia and passive euthanasia.
Active euthanasia, also known as "active euthanasia", refers to the active injection of large doses of anesthetics into patients who meet the euthanasia conditions, inhibition of the respiratory system, so that it suffocates death, or inject coagulants into the patient's body, so that the coagulation factor of blood proteins in the human body, causing blood clotting, forming thrombosis, and finally blocking blood vessels and dying.
The purpose of hastening the death of the patient is to save him from the torment of illness and leave peacefully and comfortably.
Passive euthanasia, also known as "passive euthanasia". It means that the doctor stops the rescue measures for the patient who meets the euthanasia conditions, gives only appropriate maintenance treatment, and allows him to die under natural circumstances.
Currently, negative euthanasia is permitted in most countries, but active euthanasia is legal in only a few countries.
Although euthanasia is still not legalized in most countries, hospice care is given to patients who are seriously ill and incurable.
Hospice care is the humane care and care of the dying patient, rather than the therapeutic care, mainly concerned with how to reduce the physical pain of the dying patient.
The service personnel of hospice care are mainly medical personnel, but also social groups and volunteers, which is a social welfare undertaking.
Euthanasia is mainly for patients who cannot be cured by modern medicine, and under the sincere entrustment of patients, medical personnel with professional qualifications take relevant measures to end the patient's life prematurely.
In Switzerland, the legally launched painless suicide assist machine "Nitrogen Death Pod", which resembles a capsule and is full of technology. It was jointly developed by Philip Nikkik, an Australian doctor who supports euthanasia, and Bennick, a Dutch designer.
The machine underwent up to 4 years of design, research and development, testing. Today, three prototypes have been produced and are expected to begin mass production and use next year. Since the advent of the machine, the biggest controversy is that its extremely simple way of "dying" is difficult for some people to accept.
According to the designers, the advantage of the machine is that it helps patients who want to euthanize, decide to die autonomously, without the help of anyone, which is why the "death" process is relatively simple.
If the user wants to start the device, he or she needs to lie inside the device and answer an online questionnaire to get the security code for the boot device, which is valid for 24 hours.
The user can start the device into death mode immediately after getting the code, or choose to die after the last day of life.
When the user decides to say goodbye to the world, there are two options in the cabin: "transparent mode" and "dark mode". "Transparent mode", also known as interactive mode, can interact with the surrounding environment and take the device to your favorite place. For example, meadows, seashores, at the foot of mountains, etc.
If the user does not want to die in a noisy environment, they can also choose "dark mode", also known as silent mode, that is, to let the user leave quietly in the cabin alone.
When everything is ready, the user only needs to press the button in the cabin, and the nitrogen stored in the internal container will enter the capsule chamber from the channel, and in just 30 seconds, the oxygen content in the cabin will drop from the original 21% to 1%, and at the same time, the carbon dioxide content is gradually decreasing.
Before death, users in the cabin will feel a slight sense of vertigo and a slight sense of excitement, mainly due to the lack of oxygen in the body. In about 5-10 minutes, the user will die in peace, the whole process without panic, suffocation, only one person can complete euthanasia.
The biggest advantage of this machine over injectable drug euthanasia is that it is portable and can go wherever you want to go and euthanize. After death, the machine can also be buried directly as a coffin underground.
It is understood that printing such a capsule for assisted suicide would cost about $4,000 to $8,000. Compared with the "traditional" euthanasia method, it is more cost-effective, and it is portable and autonomous.
Since the invention of the machine, it has been opposed by many people on the Internet. Some doctors argue that people with mental illness or "terminal illness" should receive more care than an assisted "suicide" approach.
The birth of such a product is likely to indirectly encourage people with fragile hearts to end their lives easily.
Of course, there are two sides to everything, and while some people oppose it, there are also some people who support it. For example, some people who are suffering from illness want to leave the world in peace, serenity, and dignity in the final stages of life, and this machine can meet these requirements.
Because of the different cultural backgrounds of each country, the laws enacted will also be different. There are now some Western countries that have begun to support euthanasia, but it has not yet been legalized in our country. Although domestic calls for the legalization of euthanasia are increasing year by year, there are also some oppositions.
As early as 1988, experts proposed a bill on euthanasia at the People's Congress, but it was not passed at that time. In recent years, there has also been an increasing number of experts calling for euthanasia legislation.
Although some Western countries have legalized euthanasia, they cannot be generalized due to the different history, culture and concepts of each country. And China has not yet been legalized, there may be the following reasons:
Contrary to Chinese medical theory
Euthanasia is the death of a patient by a professional medical staff, which is contrary to the sacred duty of medical staff to save lives and help the injured, and it violates the basic moral duty of medical staff.
Fairness is difficult to measure
Although some patients will voluntarily ask for euthanasia, doctors cannot judge the real reason behind the patient's request.
For example, some patients with poor families, in order not to drag down their relatives, will take the initiative to choose euthanasia, and this move cannot be recognized as the patient's true will. Therefore, euthanasia is difficult to ensure fairness, and it is impossible to accurately measure whether a patient is eligible for euthanasia.
Implementation standards are difficult to control
In our country, different regions, the level of medical care is also different. For example, a few decades ago, the disease that was regarded as a "terminal disease" was continuously improved in recent years, and the problem was gradually overcome.
Some of today's diseases may just be insoluble in the present, and as time goes on, maybe one day in the future, they will be solved. Therefore, the implementation standards for euthanasia are always difficult to control.
And "passive euthanasia" is closer to the natural death of a person, while "active euthanasia" is closer to intentional homicide. If euthanasia is confirmed in the form of a law, it can easily be used by some people to illegally deprive others of their lives.
At present, there are some controversies about euthanasia at home and abroad, and controversy represents both pros and cons.
With the continuous development of the times, how to die with dignity and dignity has become a concern for many people, so should euthanasia be legalized in the end?