Hrithik Roshan, who beautifully represented the role of a paraplegic in Sanjay Leela Bhansali's Guzaarish is happy that the Supreme Court is now in favor of conditional passive euthanasia for terminally ill patients.
The Supreme Court will allow passive euthanasia if the high court concerned will give an approval. In this process, life sustaining drugs and life support systems will be withdrawn from patients who are already brain dead or in a persistent vegetative state (PVS). The relatives and doctors have to convey the approval to high court of course first.
Hrithik said that he can understand the pain of patients who can not move. He feels it is a good beginning and the society will accept it with time.
This is what Hrithik said while welcoming passive euthanasia:
“Any act that ends consistent suffering in any form must be condoned. Euthanasia must be allowed in cases that merit it. But a system needs to be set in place to process the information and make a decision,”
“This is a good beginning, in time as we evolve as a society, it will become easier to see reason in the concept of euthanasia as a boon for those who are suffering to a degree, which you and me cannot even imagine.”
I think it of course quite a positive move. We can not understand how much suffering some people go through and with euthanasia they can find peace.
