A family from Ireland found out via Whatsapp that their mother had died after travelling to an assisted dying clinic in Switzerland.
Maureen Slough, 58, travelled to the Pegasos clinic in July where her family say she was helped to take her own life in secret.
Her daughter Megan Royal told ITV News that her mother had not informed anyone of her intentions prior to flying to Basel.
The first they heard of her death was via a Whatsapp message from the clinic sent shortly afterwards on July 10th, stating “Maureen passed away peacefully today at 1303 Swiss local time. She was not alone and she was embraced by a Pegasos nurse, attendant and dog altogether [sic]… She requested Elvis Gospel music to be played.”
Maureen had no known terminal illness and her daughter says she was struggling with the grief of recently losing her two sisters.
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