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Harish Rana Can Die Because Aruna Shanbaug Lived: India's Euthanasia Journey
Fifty-three-years before the Supreme Court allowed Uttar Pradesh's Harish Rana to die, a 25-year-old nurse suffered a brutal sexual assault at Mumbai's King Edward Memorial Hospital
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In Kolkata Horror Case, Chief Justice Cites Aruna Shanbaug. Her Chilling Story
While hearing the recent Kolkata rape-murder case today, Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud made a reference to the 1973 Aruna Shanbaug incident.
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Aruna Shanbaug And The Right To Die With Dignity: Top Court Allows Passive 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.
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Mumbai Nurse Aruna Shanbaug's Attacker Found in UP Village: Report
The man who brutally assaulted Mumbai nurse Aruna Shanbaug, leaving her in a coma for 42 years, works as a labourer in a village in Uttar Pradesh's Ghaziabad, a local newspaper claimed on Friday.
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Madhya Pradesh Government to Institute Aruna Shanbaug Award
The Madhya Pradesh government on Tuesday announced an award of Rs 1 lakh in honour of nurse Aruna Shanbaug who died on Monday at a Mumbai hospital after having remained in a vegetative state for 42 long years.
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A Tribute to Aruna Shanbaug by One of Her Nurses
Aruna Shanbaug would sometimes scream when we entered her room. She was very afraid, says Namrata Kasabe, nurse at KEM Hospital.
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Relatives, Nurses in Row Over Aruna Shanbaug's Funeral
A controversy has erupted over performing the last rites of nurse Aruna Shanbaug, the world's oldest comatose patient who died on Monday after lying in coma for around 42 years, with two of her relatives staking claim to do so.
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Mumbai Nurse Aruna Shanbaug Dies After 42-year Coma That Followed her Rape
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.
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Mumbai Nurse Aruna Shanbaug, In Coma for 42 Years After Rape, in Critical Condition
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.
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Let her die when she has to: Aruna Shanbaug's sister
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 ...
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Bihar parents seek mercy killing for two sons
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, ...
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Serious debate on euthanasia needed: Moily
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...
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Aruna Shanbaug case: Supreme Court rejects euthanasia plea
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...
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Supreme Court rejects Aruna Shanbaug's euthanasia plea
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...
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Aruna Shanbaug's caretakers won't let her go
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...
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Harish Rana Can Die Because Aruna Shanbaug Lived: India's Euthanasia Journey
Fifty-three-years before the Supreme Court allowed Uttar Pradesh's Harish Rana to die, a 25-year-old nurse suffered a brutal sexual assault at Mumbai's King Edward Memorial Hospital
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In Kolkata Horror Case, Chief Justice Cites Aruna Shanbaug. Her Chilling Story
While hearing the recent Kolkata rape-murder case today, Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud made a reference to the 1973 Aruna Shanbaug incident.
-
Aruna Shanbaug And The Right To Die With Dignity: Top Court Allows Passive 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.
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Mumbai Nurse Aruna Shanbaug's Attacker Found in UP Village: Report
The man who brutally assaulted Mumbai nurse Aruna Shanbaug, leaving her in a coma for 42 years, works as a labourer in a village in Uttar Pradesh's Ghaziabad, a local newspaper claimed on Friday.
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Madhya Pradesh Government to Institute Aruna Shanbaug Award
The Madhya Pradesh government on Tuesday announced an award of Rs 1 lakh in honour of nurse Aruna Shanbaug who died on Monday at a Mumbai hospital after having remained in a vegetative state for 42 long years.
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A Tribute to Aruna Shanbaug by One of Her Nurses
Aruna Shanbaug would sometimes scream when we entered her room. She was very afraid, says Namrata Kasabe, nurse at KEM Hospital.
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Relatives, Nurses in Row Over Aruna Shanbaug's Funeral
A controversy has erupted over performing the last rites of nurse Aruna Shanbaug, the world's oldest comatose patient who died on Monday after lying in coma for around 42 years, with two of her relatives staking claim to do so.
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Mumbai Nurse Aruna Shanbaug Dies After 42-year Coma That Followed her Rape
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.
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Mumbai Nurse Aruna Shanbaug, In Coma for 42 Years After Rape, in Critical Condition
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.
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Let her die when she has to: Aruna Shanbaug's sister
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 ...
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Bihar parents seek mercy killing for two sons
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, ...
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Serious debate on euthanasia needed: Moily
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...
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Aruna Shanbaug case: Supreme Court rejects euthanasia plea
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...
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Supreme Court rejects Aruna Shanbaug's euthanasia plea
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...
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Aruna Shanbaug's caretakers won't let her go
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...
