Doctor to speak on assisted suicide

EUTHANASIA advocate Dr Philip Nitschke, who has invented a computer device that allows a seriously ill patient to kill themselves by answering a series of questions, will host a public meeting in Dublin this week.

Dr Nitschke’s Deliverance Machine, dubbed by euthanasia opponents as “the laptop of death”, automatically delivers a lethal dose of barbiturates if the correct answers are made.

Dr Nitschke, who runs Exit International, said the machine was designed for use in Britain where there was a recent relaxation of assisted suicide laws but could also be used in Switzerland where assisted suicide was lawful.