Following Supreme Court approval, AIIMS Delhi has begun the passive euthanasia process for Harish Rana. A medical team is gradually withdrawing life support systems, a procedure expected to take two to three weeks. Experts are ensuring the patient experiences no pain.
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On Saturday, deputies completed their review of the end-of-life bill without including a clause allowing private institutions to refuse assisted dying. A protest drew four thousand people in Paris on Sunday.
Non-profit DignitySA has lodged a motion with the Gauteng Division of the High Court in Pretoria to decriminalise medical assistance in dying for terminally ill patients facing unbearable suffering. The group argues that current common law prohibitions conflict with constitutional rights enshrined in the Bill of Rights. This follows 15 years of advocacy highlighted at a media conference in Cape Town.
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Sundaram Medical Foundation and Pallium India organised a workshop on advance care planning and living wills on Saturday as part of Forum 2026. Experts highlighted the need to respect patient dignity and implement the right to die with dignity.
A fourth-year MTech student at IIT Kharagpur, Soham Haldar, was found hanging in his hostel room on Tuesday. This marks the second such incident on campus in 10 days. Police have launched an investigation.
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A Delhi court on Sunday sent dermatologist Manish Gupta to 14-day judicial custody in the murder of his domestic help Mina Haldar.