India’s first passive euthanasia patient, Harish Rana, was cremated in Delhi on March 25 (today) after spending 13 years in a ...

On March 11, the Supreme Court addressed one of the most difficult questions of life and death: whether, when and on what ...

Karen Ann Quinlan fell into a coma in 1975. The high-profile legal case over her parents’ wish to remove her ventilator shapes American patients’ rights today.

For 13 years, Harish Rana lay motionless in a persistent vegetative state, kept alive by a feeding tube while his parents spent their savings, sold their home and fought court after court for the ...

A 31-year-old man, who has been in a vegetative state for the past 13 years after a tragic accident, can now die as the Supreme Court today allowed the withdrawal of life support on his parents' ...

The prolonged medical care has put immense financial pressure on the family. Treatment costs have crossed Rs 4 crore, forcing them to sell land and use up their savings.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Harish Rana fell from the fourth floor of a building in 2013 (BBC News Hindi/YouTube. Screengrab) India’s Supreme Court has given ...

In a landmark judgement reaffirming a patient's right to die with dignity, the Supreme Court on Wednesday, for the first time ever, allowed for a 31-year-old man who has been in a vegetative state to ...

The bench of J.B. Pardiwala and K.V. Viswanathan allowed the plea filed by the family of Harish Rana, who has shown no meaningful neurological recovery since a 2013 accident. The ruling follows the ...

India’s journey with passive euthanasia has been shaped not just by law but by genuine human voices and stories ...