Got the text below in my email box yesterday and thought I'd pass it along. Hope that's okay to do. Peace.
Fixing this - I received an email from Exit and was going to link it here, but oneofthesedays wrote that I can't post from my inbox without exposing personal data. Hang on, let me see if I can copy the text and copy/paste it here (warning - it's long)... Good, it came through. Enjoy!
>>Dignitas Refund Policies Canned
>>London Workshop, Sat 26 January
>> Mini Jan 19 PPeH Update - Latest on Salts
>> Major Jan 19 PPeH Update - Black Venus
>> PP Online Forum Returns 27 January
• Dignitas Called 'Appalling' •
by former Melbourne Fireman Troy Thornton
When former Melbourne fireman,
Troy Thornton, signed up with Dignitas for an assisted suicide in October 2018, little did he think that this fateful decision would force him to die alone!
Yet that is exactly what might happen in late February 2019 when Troy plans to go to Switzerland to die.
Unable to fulfill Dignitas' requirement for a third, and more detailed, neurological report (Troy has accelerating Multiple System Atrophy), Troy has no choice but to change Swiss services.
Life Circle / Eternal Spirit has accepted Troy for an assisted death without further Australian neurological reports. Troy says the relief he feels has no words. This is the good part.
The bad part is that
Dignitas is refusing to issue Troy with a part refund of 3000 CHF from a down-payment of 4000 CHF.
Only one Dignitas doctor reviewed Troy's papers.
Troy has a hard time believing that a single review and scant administration time could cost 4000 CHF!
As Troy has now applied to Life Circle, he needs to pay their fee on top of the money that Dignitas is now keeping.
This means that Troy may have to die alone. As the family has spent all their savings.
The money that Dignitas is refusing to refund, was set aside to enable Chris to travel with Troy on his final trip to Switzerland.
THE BLAME GAME?
Troy says that Dignitas are 'more about taking advantage of the sick and vulnerable in order to make money'.
Dignitas says that Troy failed to read the fine print??
Troy says he was misled and when he tried to explain that his wife would now not be able to be with him when he dies, he says Dignitas' response was akin to 'tough luck'!
To help ensure that Troy is NOT alone when he dies, he has launched a
Go Fund Me Campaign that Exit fully supports.
Given the experience of Troy Thornton with Dignitas, the March 2019 update to the
Peaceful Pill eHandbook will focus on the Swiss services, weighing up the differences and using Troy's story as a warning of the risks involved.
Exit would like to formally thank and publicly acknowledge the compassion shown by Life Circle towards Troy at this very stressful and anxious time in his life.
We commend Troy's GFM campaign to the Exit community, so please give what you can.
Troy's GFM campaign is at:
https://www.gofundme.com/troythornton
• London Workshop •
Saturday, 26 January 2019
The first workshop for 2019 will be held in London at 1-4pm, on Saturday 26 January 2019. All Exit Members Welcome.
The focus of the meeting will be:
• the techniques of the former South Korean spy, Black Venus
Black Venus claims that as a spy, he did not need to be issued with cyanide pills because he was taught to die using his 'own fingers'. Exit will examine the Black Venus advice, which forms the January 2019 Update to the Peaceful Pill eHandbook.
• important new feedback on the effectiveness of the Salts
• discussion of the push of scammers into social media
WORKSHOP DETAILS
Venue: Dragon Hall, 17 Stukeley St, WC2B 5LT
When: 1 - 4pm, Saturday 26 January, 2019
Who: Exit Members attend free. Public on application (£63)
Afternoon tea will be served.
The meeting will be preceded by a short, free public meeting that is open to all.
Workshops are closed events. Attendance reserved for the over 50s & people who are seriously ill.
Register now at:
[email protected] or 07883 509 765.
Download the Registration Form
