A DOCTOR has designed a morbid portable “suicide machine” allowing those who want to end their lives to do so with ease.

The high tech euthanizing device is being touted by a “right to die” advocacy group.

2 An Australian doctor has designed a portable 'suicide machine' allowing people to take their lives at will Credit: Central European News

The Sarco capsule has been made with the sole intention of helping people commit suicide, painlessly and efficiently.

Inventor Dr. Philip Nitschke says: “Sarco does not use any restricted drugs, or require any special expertise such as the insertion of an intravenous needle.”

The controversial founder and director of Exit International adds: “Anyone who can pass the entry test can enter the machine and legally end their life.”

The former physician assisted in four suicides in Australia in the late 1990s under the short-lived Rights of the Terminally Ill Act of 1995.

2 Dr Philip Nitschke. The inventor known as the "Australian Dr Death" has campaigned for the right to die for years Credit: Central European News

The Sarco comes in two parts: a reusable machine base and a capsule that can be detached and used as a coffin.

Both can be created on a 3D printer and assembled anywhere, according to LifeNews.com.

Its design will be free and open-source and placed in the Internet, its makers say.

Potential users must complete an online mental questionnaire in order to obtain a four-digit code that will open the capsule.

Once inside, the user closes the lid and waits for a lethal gas to be released dying, it is claimed, in just a matter of minutes.

The capsule can be removed for use as a coffin, and a new one can be created on a 3D printer, which can then be placed on top of the reusable base, according to Exit International.

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Exit International was founded in 1997 by Dr Nitschke and regards the right to end one’s life as a civil rights rather than a medical issue.

It claims: “Dying is not always a medical process. As such, the dying process does not always need to involve the medical profession.

“This decision is best left to the individual concerned. Exit’s aim is to ensure the individual is fully supported by family and friends and has access to the best available information.”

If you are affected by any of the issues raised in this article, please call the Samaritans on (free) 116123 or 020 7734 2800.

A version of this story first appeared on Fox News.

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