Pegasos Swiss Association

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'''Pegasos Swiss Association''' or '''Pegasos''' is a group based in [[Basel]], [[Switzerland]] with a minimal-bureaucracy approach to assisted suicide. They also have an office in [[Melbourne|Melbourne, Australia]].<ref name="henkel"></ref> In Greek mythology, Pegasus is a winged horse that the Pegasos association sees as symbolizing how patients speedily escape gravity on their final journey.<ref name="twn"></ref>

==Origin==
Pegasos Swiss Association was founded in August 2019 by Ruedi Habegger.<ref name="twn" /> Pegasos is the first assisted suicide organization in Switzerland that does not require membership as a prerequisite for using its service.<ref name="twn" /> Habegger was instrumental in the assisted suicide of famous 104-year old Australian scientist [[David Goodall (botanist)|David Goodall]].

==Process==
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.<ref name="twn" /> Usually only an expert opinion is required for simple cases, which means less bureaucracy and delay.

The organisation has loose ties to [[Philip Nitschke]]'s [[Exit International]], and Nitsche plans to explore the use of his [[Sarco device]] in collaboration with Pegasos.<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref>


== See also ==
* [[Assisted suicide]]
* [[Exit International]]

== References ==



==External links==
* [https://ift.tt/2SNZk3v Official website]

[[Category:Assisted suicide]]
[[Category:Death in Switzerland]]
[[Category:Non-profit organisations based in Switzerland]]
[[Category:Organizations established in 2019]]

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