After 13 years in coma; Harish Rana dies days after Supreme Court allows passive euthanasia
The court noted that Rana survived only through clinically administered nutrition via ‘percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy’ tubes, and medical boards had unanimously concluded that continuation of treatment merely prolonged biological existence without any possibility of recovery
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Harish Rana, India’s first passive euthanasia case, passed away
Supreme Court allowed passive euthanasia for Harish on March 11
AIIMS Delhi withdrew life support after 13 years in coma
Harish Rana, the first person in India to be allowed passive euthanasia, passed away on Tuesday at All India Institute of Medical Sciences-Delhi after more than 13 years in a coma, news agency reported citing sources.
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The 31-year-old, who had been in a coma since 2013, was shifted from his Ghaziabad home to the palliative care unit at Dr BR Ambedkar Institute Rotary Cancer Hospital at AIIMS on March 14.
Three days before that, the Supreme Court of India, in a landmark judgment on March 11, allowed passive euthanasia for Harish, a BTech student at Panjab University who fell from a fourth-floor balcony in 2013 and suffered severe head injuries.
Passive euthanasia is the intentional act of letting a patient die by withholding or withdrawing life support or the treatment necessary to keep him alive.
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