The case of Aruna Shanbaug, India's Terri Schiavo, has reached the Indian Supreme Court. Hopefully they'll listen to Aruna's caregivers, who love her very much, keep her comfortable, and who realize that she has dignity in living, not in being killed.
SC to hear Aruna Shanbaug euthanasia plea
The petition of Mumbai nurse Aruna Shanbaug, who is in a coma for the past 36 years in a Mumbai hospital, seeking permission to die, will come up for hearing in the Supreme Court on Wednesday.
The petition, filed by activist-journalist Pinki Virani, seeks the apex court's intervention to direct the King's Edward Memorial Hospital to stop feeding Aruna and allow her to die.
The court had issued notices to the Centre and the Maharashtra government on the petition, observing that "under the law of the country, we cannot allow a person to die". more
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