Case of Harish Rana (Euthanasia in India)
The story of Harish Rana , Rana is the story of a young life frozen in time and a family pushed to the edge of law, ethics, and love. In 2013, Harish, a 20 year old student from Ghaziabad, fell from a fourth floor balcony and suffered severe brain injuries. He slipped into a permanent vegetative state with 100 percent disability and quadriplegia, showing only basic sleep wake cycles without awareness of surroundings. Clinically assisted nutrition and hydration through a feeding tube kept his body alive for more than thirteen years, while he remained unable to communicate, recognise family, or perform any self care. His parents, Ashok Rana and Nirmala Devi, devoted years to his care, selling property and exhausting earnings on nurses, physiotherapy, medicines, and supplies. At one point, the salary of the father and the cost of professional nursing were almost identical, which made outside help impossible over time. Monthly medical expenses around twenty to twenty five thousand ...