Philip Nitschke is the founder and director of Exit International.
A former medical doctor with a PhD in experimental physics, in 1996 Philip helped four of his terminally ill patients to die using Australia’s Rights of the Terminally Ill Act.
Through his work at Exit International, Philip has designed several end of life machines including the CoGen and the Destiny.
The Deliverance Machine (used in the Northern Territory by his patients in 1996) is on display in the British Science Museum in London.
In December 2023, Philip appeared as an expert witness for the defense in the application for a stay of execution by nitrogen hypoxia of Kenny Smith in Alabama, USA.
Philip’s testimony has direct relevance to the Sarco Project in that it explains the fundamentals of death by nitrogen hypoxia.
For more information, please visit: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philip_Nitschke