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Old chess champion belonging to Hydrabad Vyanklesh was willing to end his life voluntarily but he could not full fill his desire of "Mercy Killing”.
This thought was originated by Gandhiji in 1928, when he killed a calf by giving poisonous injection through a doctor. It was major subject of discussion. Many institution dealing with Jivadaya panjarapole raise great opposition on this issue condemn as act of cruelty
In Ahmedabad Poet Nanalal Dalpatrai in his chairmanship of public conference Gandhiji was called And Gandhiji made statement, "that even if my son or my relative would have been suffering from such life taking disease where there is no hope for his life being saved then I would have done the same thing”.
Vyanketesh was suffering from his childhood muscular destrophy a horrible discase so that he has to remain in bed for his life time with support of artificial breathing his mind was not working although he was conscious. He requested doctors to remove life saving instruments & "let him die" Doctors showed laws of ethics & vow taken by them & refused to do so then he applied in court that he is willing to die & wants to donate his body. But in India there was “that no parts of the body can be removed from living body" is existing even today but in changed definition that when heart & breath is active till that time man is living & organs could not be removed but now if brain stops working but heart is working then liver kidney can't be removed according to law of cardevar transplant act has been enacted. But in case of Vyanktesh his brain was working so mercy killing or organ transplant. According to act of cardevar transplant Act, lawfully was illegal till his brain stops working it was not possible.
In mercy killing & voluntary death line of differtiation is very thin.
When patient is unconscious & unaware of everything disgusted of his disease, frustrated lost firm life & gets desire ending his life is voluntary death but Question is, is he powerful enough to declare his wish to end his life or relative who is tired of taking his care of now is burden for them so it is relative's wish & forces the patient to declare wish of dying voluntarily who will come to know? Person who is on dead bed is weakened having no energy to oppose will be ready to sign paper as there is no way for him. How one can know whether it is patients own real wish? Even if patient is voluntarily willing to die can we give him such right? Whether he should be encouraged? Or we should give him ray of hope? A ray of hope can be some times a miracle happens & he will be recovered & his life will be saved doctor patients & relatives should not leave the hope till ast moment & not let him die before death.
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