{"id":5160,"date":"2026-04-24T09:42:50","date_gmt":"2026-04-24T09:42:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.worldpumpnews.com\/?p=5160"},"modified":"2026-04-24T09:42:50","modified_gmt":"2026-04-24T09:42:50","slug":"british-woman-with-no-illness-to-end-life-at-swiss-assisted-dying-clinic-this-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.worldpumpnews.com\/?p=5160","title":{"rendered":"British woman with no illness to end life at Swiss assisted dying clinic this week"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div><!--$--><\/p>\n<p><h2>Warning: This article includes discussion of suicide and assisted dying<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n<p><!--\/$--><!--$--><\/p>\n<div class=\"custom-prose drop-cap \">\n<p>A devastated mother has flown to Switzerland to end her own life at a euthanasia clinic.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--\/$--><!--$--><\/p>\n<div class=\"custom-prose  \">\n<p>Wendy Duffy was granted permission to end her life at Pegasos clinic after a year long application process.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--\/$--><!--$--><!--\/$--><!--$--><\/p>\n<div class=\"custom-prose  \">\n<p>While Wendy is physically healthy she has been struggling with grief since the tragic death of her son, Marcus.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--\/$--><!--$?--><template id=\"B:0\"\/><!--\/$--><!--$--><\/p>\n<div class=\"custom-prose  \">\n<p>Marcus choked to death four years ago in Wendy&#8217;s living room while she desperately tried to save him. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--\/$--><!--$--><\/p>\n<div class=\"custom-prose  \">\n<p>While Wendy has spent years on antidepressants alongside therapy, she hasn&#8217;t been able to come to terms with the loss.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--\/$--><!--$--><\/p>\n<div class=\"custom-prose  \">\n<p>Speaking to the Daily Mail, Wendy said: &#8220;You can take all the pills, you can go to all the counselling in the world \u2013 and I did.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--\/$--><!--$--><\/p>\n<div class=\"custom-prose  \">\n<p>&#8220;Ultimately, they can\u2019t help you. They don\u2019t have to live your life, and my life is agony.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--\/$--><!--$--><\/p>\n<div class=\"custom-prose  \">\n<p>&#8220;I still sit at night, and I talk to Marcus, and I kiss the box I had made for his ashes, and I say &#8216;goodnight, sunshine&#8217;, and I think &#8216;I don\u2019t want to be in this world without you, Markie&#8217;. And I don\u2019t. It\u2019s as simple as that.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--\/$--><!--$?--><template id=\"B:1\"\/><!--\/$--><!--$--><\/p>\n<div class=\"custom-prose  \">\n<p>Wendy will now have a face-to-face assessment with a psychiatrist at the euthanasia clinic to confirm that she is of sound mind.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--\/$--><!--$?--><template id=\"B:2\"\/><!--\/$--><!--$--><!--\/$--><!--$--><\/p>\n<div class=\"custom-prose  \">\n<p><em>Additionally, if you&#8217;re experiencing distressing thoughts and feelings, the Campaign Against Living Miserably (CALM) is there to support you. 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