Overview
- Wendy Duffy, approved by Pegasos, was assisted to die on Friday in Basel, with the clinic confirming she had no terminal diagnosis.
- Pegasos accepts severe, long‑lasting, treatment‑resistant psychiatric cases after multidisciplinary assessment, a policy that contrasts with providers like Dignitas.
- Duffy pursued the procedure after her son Marcus died in 2022 from choking, saying years of therapy and antidepressants failed and recalling a prior suicide attempt that left her on a ventilator.
- She paid about £10,000 covering medication, medical reviews and funeral costs under Swiss non‑profit rules, self‑administered the medication, and arranged cremation with ashes returned to her family.
- The UK Terminally Ill Adults Bill ran out of time in the House of Lords on Friday, leaving non‑terminal assisted dying illegal in Britain and keeping relatives at risk of police scrutiny if they help someone travel.