{"id":288761,"date":"2025-10-21T09:05:02","date_gmt":"2025-10-21T08:05:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/family-found-out-via-whatsapp-that-mother-took-her-life-at-swiss-clinic-itv-news\/"},"modified":"2025-10-21T09:05:02","modified_gmt":"2025-10-21T08:05:02","slug":"family-found-out-via-whatsapp-that-mother-took-her-life-at-swiss-clinic-itv-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/family-found-out-via-whatsapp-that-mother-took-her-life-at-swiss-clinic-itv-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Family found out via Whatsapp that mother took her life at Swiss clinic | ITV News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i3.ytimg.com\/vi\/BpKCuDOqeUE\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"Family found out via Whatsapp that mother took her life at Swiss clinic | ITV News\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/BpKCuDOqeUE\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>A family from Ireland found out via Whatsapp that their mother had died after travelling to an assisted dying clinic in Switzerland.<\/p>\n<p>Maureen Slough, 58, travelled to the Pegasos clinic in July where her family say she was helped to take her own life in secret.<\/p>\n<p>Her daughter Megan Royal told ITV News that her mother had not informed anyone of her intentions prior to flying to Basel.<\/p>\n<p>The first they heard of her death was via a Whatsapp message from the clinic sent shortly afterwards on July 10th, stating \u201cMaureen 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]\u2026 She requested Elvis Gospel music to be played.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Maureen had no known terminal illness and her daughter says she was struggling with the grief of recently losing her two sisters.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Subscribe to ITV News on YouTube: http:\/\/bit.ly\/2lOHmNj<br \/>\n\u2022 Get breaking news and more stories at http:\/\/www.itv.com\/news<\/p>\n<p>Follow ITV News on TikTok https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@itvnews?lang=en<br \/>\nFollow ITV News on Instagram: https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/itvnews\/<br \/>\nFollow ITV News on Facebook: https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/itvnews\/<br \/>\nFollow ITV News on X: https:\/\/twitter.com\/itvnews<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>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. 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