Aruna Euthanasia

The Supreme Court verdict allowing passive euthanasia for the "right to die with dignity" takes us back to Aruna Ramchandra Shanbaug, a nurse at the KEM Hospital who lay like a vegetable, at ward number 4 for 42 years.

Aruna Shanbaug would sometimes scream when we entered her room. She was very afraid, says Namrata Kasabe, nurse at KEM Hospital.

Aruna Shanbaug, a Mumbai nurse who was raped in 1973 by a ward boy at the hospital she worked in, has died after being in a coma for 42 years. She was 68.

Aruna Shanbaug, the Mumbai nurse who was raped by a hospital staff member in 1973 and has been in coma ever since, is in a critical condition.

A week after the Supreme Court rejected activist Pinki Virani's euthanasia plea for Aruna Shanbaug, her sister Shanta Nayak says she wants Aruna to live."We don't want her to get mercy killing. She will die when she has to," Shanta tells NDTV.Seventy five-year-old Shanta can barely walk and lives with her daughter in a chawl in Central Mumbai. The ...

Asha Devi is aware of the cruel irony. "Mothers seek long lives for their children, but here I am seeking death for my two sons," she says, slumped beside Nitin, 15, and Anshu, 13, who suffer from muscular dystrophy.The rare muscular disorder is characterised by the death of muscle cells and tissue, and reduces its victims to skeleton-like shapes, ...

Government today said a serious debate was needed on the issue of euthanasia as there were no laws at present on it in the country after the Supreme Court rejected a mercy killing petition on behalf of Aruna Shanbaug."There is no question of concurring or not with the judgement. But in fact, they (Supreme Court) are right that without a law you can...

Aruna Shanbaug has not walked or spoken a word in 37 years. Since she was raped by a sweeper at her hospital in 1973, she has not left the hospital where she was once a bright capable nurse. Nurses change her diapers, feed her and calm her when she gets restless - usually if there are more than a few people in her room at Mumbai's King Edward Memor...

The Supreme Court  today rejected Aruna Shanbaug's euthanasia plea. It had been filed by writer Pinki Virani. Virani in her plea had said that Shanbaug should no longer be fed because keeping her alive violates her right to live with dignity. Her argument is that Aruna can't speak, hear or even think for herself. The writer has even written...

As the Supreme Court is set to deliver its verdict on whether Aruna Shanbaug should be allowed to live or die, the nurses who have been involved in her care for over three decades speak out for the first time on camera.They say as long as Aruna has people to care for her, she should be allowed to live."I don't want her to be killed like this," said...

The Supreme Court verdict allowing passive euthanasia for the "right to die with dignity" takes us back to Aruna Ramchandra Shanbaug, a nurse at the KEM Hospital who lay like a vegetable, at ward number 4 for 42 years.

Aruna Shanbaug would sometimes scream when we entered her room. She was very afraid, says Namrata Kasabe, nurse at KEM Hospital.

Aruna Shanbaug, a Mumbai nurse who was raped in 1973 by a ward boy at the hospital she worked in, has died after being in a coma for 42 years. She was 68.

Aruna Shanbaug, the Mumbai nurse who was raped by a hospital staff member in 1973 and has been in coma ever since, is in a critical condition.

A week after the Supreme Court rejected activist Pinki Virani's euthanasia plea for Aruna Shanbaug, her sister Shanta Nayak says she wants Aruna to live."We don't want her to get mercy killing. She will die when she has to," Shanta tells NDTV.Seventy five-year-old Shanta can barely walk and lives with her daughter in a chawl in Central Mumbai. The ...

Asha Devi is aware of the cruel irony. "Mothers seek long lives for their children, but here I am seeking death for my two sons," she says, slumped beside Nitin, 15, and Anshu, 13, who suffer from muscular dystrophy.The rare muscular disorder is characterised by the death of muscle cells and tissue, and reduces its victims to skeleton-like shapes, ...

Government today said a serious debate was needed on the issue of euthanasia as there were no laws at present on it in the country after the Supreme Court rejected a mercy killing petition on behalf of Aruna Shanbaug."There is no question of concurring or not with the judgement. But in fact, they (Supreme Court) are right that without a law you can...

Aruna Shanbaug has not walked or spoken a word in 37 years. Since she was raped by a sweeper at her hospital in 1973, she has not left the hospital where she was once a bright capable nurse. Nurses change her diapers, feed her and calm her when she gets restless - usually if there are more than a few people in her room at Mumbai's King Edward Memor...

The Supreme Court  today rejected Aruna Shanbaug's euthanasia plea. It had been filed by writer Pinki Virani. Virani in her plea had said that Shanbaug should no longer be fed because keeping her alive violates her right to live with dignity. Her argument is that Aruna can't speak, hear or even think for herself. The writer has even written...

As the Supreme Court is set to deliver its verdict on whether Aruna Shanbaug should be allowed to live or die, the nurses who have been involved in her care for over three decades speak out for the first time on camera.They say as long as Aruna has people to care for her, she should be allowed to live."I don't want her to be killed like this," said...