He was on fast for 114 days seeking ban on quarrying They may worship the same gods and cite the same scripture but all babas — and their fasts — are clearly not equal. Lionised by politicians and the media, Baba Ramdev fasted for a few days before he ended his protest. At the first sign of weakness, BJP leader Sushma Swaraj rushed to pay him a visit. However, Swami Nigamanand, who...
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Supreme Court Verdict Revives Euthanasia Debate by Sujoy Dhar
In a secluded hospital bed in this bustling Indian metropolis, a woman who has lain brain dead for 37 years after a brutal sexual assault is at the centre of a national debate on mercy killing. India’s Supreme Court has ruled that Aruna Shanbaug should live, while at the same time supporting passive euthanasia - or the withholding of medical treatments that are keeping her alive. The court’s decision to rule out...
More »Antibiotic challenges, dilemmas, policies by KS Jacob
India faces the challenge of inappropriate use of antibiotics while Bharat copes with poor access to treatment, resulting in a policy conundrum and inaction. India was recently in the news for the wrong reasons. The serious threat posed by the newly discovered microbe, NDM-1 (New Delhi metallo--lactamase-1), resistant to many antibiotics, triggered alarm and panic. Predictions that the country will not meet the millennium development goal for child mortality caused dismay....
More »Another woman dies at Jodhpur hospital
A 45-year-old woman, who was shifted from Umaid Hospital to M.G. Hospital — the medical centres in the city where 15 women died last month after developing serious post-delivery complications — died on Tuesday. “Geeta Devi was admitted to Umaid Hospital on January 10 and operated upon for a gynaecological problem. She suffered a cardiac arrest the next day, and was admitted to the intensive care unit of M.G. Hospital on...
More »Govt opposes mercy death; over to court
The attorney-general of India today urged the Supreme Court to permit Aruna Shanbaug, a Mumbai nurse who has been in a coma for over 38 years, to live in her present state and not stop food to end her life. Shanbaug, 60, has been in a persistent vegetative state since a murderous attack by a ward attendant of Mumbai’s KEM hospital who tied a dog chain around her neck and tried...
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