November 20, 2013
Police inspect Dr Philip Nitschke’s new euthanasia clinic in Adelaide
Police have inspected a clinic run by euthanasia campaigner Philip Nitschke.
He opened the site in Adelaide in recent days, saying it would provide information to people wishing to end their lives and run laboratory tests on drugs.
Dr Nitschke said he had not been contacted by the South Australian Government about his clinic.
The Government raised concern last week about what it called a ‘death clinic’ but conceded Dr Nitschke was entitled to practice medicine in the state.
Dr Nitschke said police seemed satisfied after their inspection of his premises at suburban Gilberton.
“They seem perfectly happy with what I was able to describe and I guess if they are troubled they indicated they would certainly be letting me know, but they indicated to me that certainly isn’t the point,” he said.
Dr Nitschke said his laboratory was still being established and the clinic was offering counselling at this stage.
“It’s going to make things a whole lot easier now that we’ve got this place established and certainly the opportunity to start talking to people with decent communications using video links and the like will really speed up and make a much more amenable service that we offer to people right around the nation,” he said.