I Speak-Aditya Bhasin

On November 27^th 1973 a nurse was sexually assaulted by Sohanlal Bhartha Walmiki , a ward boy at the same hospital where this nurse used to work. He was motivated by resentment for being ordered to be castigated by the same nurse.

That night while this nurse was changing clothes ,He chocked her with a wire due to which the supply of  oxygen to brain was stopped resulting in cervical cord injury and  partial blindness. As per examination by doctors It was said that there was no penetration done by Walmiki as the nurse was menstruating  on that day. Reports also suggested that nurse went bleeding from anal for many days.

The theory of Anal sex was not brought out by police and the hospital due to further social implication which in there view may even have resulted in breaking her marriage.

Since that day this nurse named Aruna Shanbug is in a state of misery,Lying in state where she nor can speak or can do anything else for last 37 yrs

On February 24^th 2011 her friend and lawyer Ms. Pinki Virani filled a petition in the court of law for the mercy killing which in technical terms in know as active Euthanasia.

Supreme court of India denied her petition stating that active Euthanasia can't be allowed because it is not a law in country where is passive Euthanasia is allowed under strict scrutiny of High Court.

Under active Euthanasia a patient is killed by giving some kind of medicine or injection to end life where as in passive Euthanasia the life support and nutrition support is removed to bring the patient into condition of death .

Right to live in our country is a fundamental right where as right to die is decided by Court in our country. I'm still not able to put my view across that  whether Aruna should be allowed to die or not.

It has been observed that Aruna is now eye's apple for most of the staff at KEM Hospital and they are taking care of her the best way they can since the incident happened. The medical fraternity is against mercy killing stating that there medical services are good enough to keep such a patient alive and set up an example in the medical society across world that they have capability of handling such cases.

But what I really feel is that just for mere setting up an example not allowing somebody to get relief ed from there pain is in-ethical. I, you and the doctors can only see that  pain but its that lady who is suffering that pain for last 37 yrs . Its difficult to imagine that suffering she is going through ,May be somewhere in her mind she would always be thinking that its better to die instead of living such a life and especially when you know  that there is no scope of improvement.

There is nothing left in the nurse life to live for,What I feel is that only reason she is living at this time is for mere sake that everybody else then her and her friend  Ms Pinki wants her to live.

I don't think that active Euthanasia should be legalized across the country because there are things attached to it which may bring complications like wise there can fraud cases where the family demands  for mercy killing just because there are lot of financial benefits they will get after the death of patient or in other case where family says that its difficult for them to afford the cost of treatment for whole life. In this scenario where family can't afford the medical cost government should come in front to take care of that patient because letting somebody die just because one can't afford the cost of living(treatment) is not justified.

After giving a lot of thought to this thing I'm still not sure whether mercy killing should be allowed or not .

I leave it on you to judge and decide.

God bless Aruna.