-The Economic Times UNNAO: The father of the Unnao rape victim died in judicial custody even as jail officials and doctors kept exchanging letters over five days without giving him any treatment, a correspondence accessed by ET has revealed. The correspondence revealed that the rape victim's father had serious injuries on April 4 evening when he was first sent to Unnao jail from the district hospital. The jail doctor, a basic MBBS doctor...
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In Alwar, an NGO helps the comatose live with dignity -Durgesh Nandan Jha
-The Times of India NEW DELHI: Shantanu Lodh, a pioneer in performance arts, was in the prime of his career when he met with an accident two years ago which left him in a coma. When doctors couldn't get him out of it, and his friends failed to find someone to take care of him, they shifted him to Anandam rehabilitation centre in Alwar district of Rajasthan that provides 24x7 nursing...
More »Indian doctors question new global norms for diabetes -Rupali Mukherjee
-The Times of India MUMBAI: A new set of global guidelines on managing diabetes that aim to replace those followed for over three decades, has stirred up a controversy within the medical community. Medical practitioners here in India feel the guidelines which recommend relaxing blood sugar targets will, not only lead to serious complications in diabetics, but also confusion in treatment protocol, advising that these should be ignored for Indians. There were over...
More »Lawyers voice euthanasia misuse fear -R Balaji
-The Telegraph New Delhi: Eminent advocate K.T.S. Tulsi has decided to take the lead among Indians in penning a living will, but most lawyers feel that Friday's Supreme Court judgment legalising passive euthanasia is open to misuse in a country notorious for property disputes. "I haven't yet written my living will but shall definitely do so," Tulsi, a Rajya Sabha member, told The Telegraph on Saturday while welcoming the judgment. The court said...
More »SC Constitution Bench holds passive euthanasia, living wills permissible -Krishnadas Rajagopal
-The Hindu Right to dignity includes right to refuse treatment and die with dignity. In a historic decision, the Supreme Court on Friday declared passive euthanasia and the right of persons, including the terminally ill, to give advance directives to refuse medical treatment permissible. A Constitution Bench, led by Chief Justice of India Dipak Misra, in three concurring opinions, upheld that the fundamental right to life and dignity includes right to refuse treatment...
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