Prosecutors are calling for tougher regulations on Switzerland’s assisted suicide clinics after uncovering evidence that some of the foreign clients they help to die are simply depressed rather than suffering incurable pain. The clinics, which attract hundreds of foreigners, including Britons, every year, have been accused of failing to carry out proper investigations into whether patients meet the requirements of Switzerland’s right-to-die laws. In some cases, foreign clients are being given drugs to commit suicide within hours of their arrival, which critics say leaves doctors and psychologists unable to conduct a detailed assessment or to provide appropriate counselling. advertisement Andreas Brunner, the senior prosecutor of the Zurich canton, told The Sunday Telegraph: ‘We are not trying to ban the so-called death tourism, but the outsourcing of suicide must be put under stricter control. ‘Prosecutors look into every suicide, assisted or not, and there are many cases where it is not clear whether the assisted person has chosen death in full possession of their decision-making capacity. But investigations are difficult due to lack of evidence after the suicide. ‘We, therefore, demand that the federal government amend the legislation to enable closer and lengthier monitoring of suicide […]