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'Can't Keep Him Like This': Court On Man's Plea To End Son's Life Support
An elderly couple has approached the Supreme Court with a petition seeking passive euthanasia for their 31-year-old son, who has been in a vegetative state for the past 12 years after suffering serious injuries in a fall
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Top Court Sets Up Medical Board To Explore Passive Euthanasia For UP Man
The Supreme Court on Thursday asked the Noida district hospital to constitute a primary board to explore passive euthanasia for a 31-year-old man suffering from 100 per cent disability quadriplegia and has been in vegetative state for over a decade.
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Health Ministry Comes Up With New Draft Guidelines On Passive Euthanasia
Doctors should take a "considered decision" on withdrawal of life support in terminally ill patients on the basis of certain conditions including a documented informed refusal by the patient or their kin, according to draft guidelines by Union Health
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Centre's Reply Sought On Parents' Request Seeking Passive Euthanasia For Son
Describing the case as a "very hard one", the Supreme Court sought the Centre's response on Tuesday on a plea of a couple whose 30-year-old son has been lying in a vegetative state in a hospital since 2013 after suffering head injuries.
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Supreme Court Simplifies Process For Passive Euthanasia
The Supreme Court in order to make the guidelines of "living will" more workable, on Tuesday modified its earlier order and removed the condition that mandated a magistrate's approval for withdrawal or withholding of life support to a terminally ill.
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"Will Make It More Workable": Supreme Court On 'Living Will' Guidelines
The Supreme Court said today it will not review its 2018 judgement on passive euthanasia and only make the guidelines on "living will", an advance medical directive on end of life treatment, more workable.
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Over 4 Years After Landmark Order, Supreme Court to Tweak 'Living Will' Guidelines
The Supreme Court said on Tuesday it is for the legislature to enact a law for terminally ill patients choosing to stop treatment but agreed to modify its 2018 guidelines on "Living Will".
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Person In Persistent Vegetative State Not Experimental Object: Dipak Misra
Former Chief Justice of India (CJI) Dipak Misra today said a terminally-ill patient or a person in persistent vegetative state should not be made an "experimental object" and one must respect his dignity.
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Chennai Man Seeks Passive Euthanasia For 9-Year-Old Son
After fighting the odds for a decade to treat his son, who is in persistent vegetative state since his birth in 2008, a man has approached the Madras High Court, seeking permission to resort to passive euthanasia for the nine-year-old.
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Woman, Mother Suffering Rare Genetic Disease Seek President's Nod For Passive Euthanasia
A woman and her 33-year-old daughter, suffering from muscular dystrophy, have written to President Ram Nath Kovind seeking permission for passive euthanasia.
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'Can't Keep Him Like This': Court On Man's Plea To End Son's Life Support
An elderly couple has approached the Supreme Court with a petition seeking passive euthanasia for their 31-year-old son, who has been in a vegetative state for the past 12 years after suffering serious injuries in a fall
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Top Court Sets Up Medical Board To Explore Passive Euthanasia For UP Man
The Supreme Court on Thursday asked the Noida district hospital to constitute a primary board to explore passive euthanasia for a 31-year-old man suffering from 100 per cent disability quadriplegia and has been in vegetative state for over a decade.
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Health Ministry Comes Up With New Draft Guidelines On Passive Euthanasia
Doctors should take a "considered decision" on withdrawal of life support in terminally ill patients on the basis of certain conditions including a documented informed refusal by the patient or their kin, according to draft guidelines by Union Health
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Centre's Reply Sought On Parents' Request Seeking Passive Euthanasia For Son
Describing the case as a "very hard one", the Supreme Court sought the Centre's response on Tuesday on a plea of a couple whose 30-year-old son has been lying in a vegetative state in a hospital since 2013 after suffering head injuries.
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Supreme Court Simplifies Process For Passive Euthanasia
The Supreme Court in order to make the guidelines of "living will" more workable, on Tuesday modified its earlier order and removed the condition that mandated a magistrate's approval for withdrawal or withholding of life support to a terminally ill.
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"Will Make It More Workable": Supreme Court On 'Living Will' Guidelines
The Supreme Court said today it will not review its 2018 judgement on passive euthanasia and only make the guidelines on "living will", an advance medical directive on end of life treatment, more workable.
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Over 4 Years After Landmark Order, Supreme Court to Tweak 'Living Will' Guidelines
The Supreme Court said on Tuesday it is for the legislature to enact a law for terminally ill patients choosing to stop treatment but agreed to modify its 2018 guidelines on "Living Will".
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Person In Persistent Vegetative State Not Experimental Object: Dipak Misra
Former Chief Justice of India (CJI) Dipak Misra today said a terminally-ill patient or a person in persistent vegetative state should not be made an "experimental object" and one must respect his dignity.
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Chennai Man Seeks Passive Euthanasia For 9-Year-Old Son
After fighting the odds for a decade to treat his son, who is in persistent vegetative state since his birth in 2008, a man has approached the Madras High Court, seeking permission to resort to passive euthanasia for the nine-year-old.
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Woman, Mother Suffering Rare Genetic Disease Seek President's Nod For Passive Euthanasia
A woman and her 33-year-old daughter, suffering from muscular dystrophy, have written to President Ram Nath Kovind seeking permission for passive euthanasia.
