The question is who can decide? In this case it seems the parents are deciding and and we must see the possible consequences of that.
Subramani -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of m.chandrashekar Sent: Saturday, August 15, 2009 11:42 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [AI] Parents want mercy killing for 4 disabled sons hello friend, recently I heard that, supreme court has already given verdict if there is no alternative solution rather than suffering life long, better to choose murcyless killing. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Vikas Kapoor" <[email protected]> To: "Access India" <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, August 11, 2009 7:03 PM Subject: [AI] Parents want mercy killing for 4 disabled sons > Folks, what do you have to say on the article pasted below? > > Parents want mercy killing for 4 disabled sons > > IANS 11 August 2009, 01:42pm IST > > LUCKNOW: A farmer and his wife in Uttar Pradesh have sought President > Pratibha Patil's permission for the mercy killing of all their four sons > who > have turned into virtual vegetables. > > The four, aged 10 to 16 years, have been afflicted by muscular dystrophy, > a genetic disease that has confined them to bed. > > "My sons cannot stand on their feet. They are unable to move their body > below the neck. I see their distress every day. Now when doctors too have > lost hope, I want they should die. Death would be the ultimate solution > for their suffering," farmer Jeet Narayan of Bashi village of Mirzapur > district, some 300 km from Lucknow, has said in his letter to Patil. > > "My sons are in utter discomfort. I cannot see their helplessness any > more. So, we have written to the president that our sons be killed through > euthanasia," Narayan's wife Prabhavati said over telephone. > > Narayan has told his neighbours that he has sold of all his valuables to > meet the medical expenses of his sons. > > "Our financial resources have been exhausted. I even sold off the parental > land. Moreover, I owe nearly Rs 2 lakh to moneylenders," he said. > > Prabhavati said muscular dystrophy afflicted her sons when they were five > years old. She identified them as Durgesh, 16, Sarvesh, 14, Brijesh, 11, > and Suresh, 10. All four were normal children until then. > > The couple now fears their four-year-old daughter may become disabled when > she turns five. > > "Till now our daughter is doing fine but we are quite worried about her. > She might meet the same fate like her brothers after a year or so," said > Prabhavati. > > http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/news/city/lucknow/Parents-want-mercy- killing-for-4-disabled-sons/articleshow/4880814.cms > Vikas Kapoor, > MSN Id:[email protected], Yahoo&Skype Id: dl_vikas, > Mobile: (+91) 9891098137. > > > To unsubscribe send a message to [email protected] > with the subject unsubscribe. > > To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, > please visit the list home page at > http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.i n To unsubscribe send a message to [email protected] with the subject unsubscribe. To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please visit the list home page at http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.i n Email secured by TPML Raksha Checkpoint To unsubscribe send a message to [email protected] with the subject unsubscribe. To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please visit the list home page at http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in
