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Topic : Medical Ethics in India
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Created by : Ratnakar Naik, General Practitioner, Apollo Group  | 12 12 2009 09:21:09 +0000
Industry : HospitalsFunctional Area : India(Markets)
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This is always a controversial topic. Whether Mercy Killing (Euthanasia) should be allowed or not?

Please share your valuable opinions on this debate...

 
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It is necessary to realise that when a person suffers from an unalterable prolonged condition, it is both a suffering for the patient and also the kin, both emotionally and economically. Legalising mercy killing would definitely require to consider such medical ethics issues and pre conditions before granting a go ahead; which would be necessary to have sanctions from peers and legal bodies as part of a legal sanction.

 


By Subhasis Bhattacharya, Sr. Manager Operations, Narayana Hrudayalaya  12 14 2009 09:35:34 +0000
 
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The reason I'm supporting this side is Man has no rights to Kill someone..!!
Man is no-one to have mercy on someone by simply killng the person..

Everyone is sufferings according to their own deeds/sins what they have made in their past births..!

Once you see a person suffering from a severe disorder, where others have to take care of toilet facilitation, etc.. or injecting or even making the sufferer eat/drink at irregular times, feels like a burden!! and to avoid this, they start thinking of killing!! which is not the right way..

The correct way is Praying..!!!

Pray while sitting in front of the subject, saying God that he/she has suffered a lot now, so please relieve this soul from the body as the body is no more in a condition to bear pains any further..!!

And trust me.. it works. He/She will leave the body in next few days.. !!

Praying for someone turns out to be a great blessing for the one who Prays and relief other.. It has got mega strength and power.. trust me..!!

I believe..!


By Satwinder Singh, Program Manager, Confidential  12 18 2009 08:09:06 +0000
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Ill person can live its last days of life more joyfully,if he/she knows that there is a way for him to emergency exit from his condition(which is un treatable)through mercy killing


By Jasdeep Sarna, Owner/Operator, g textiles  | 11 15 2011 12:13:55 +0000
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It is a decade old and long standing debate on whether to legalize euthanasia in india or not. In my views it should be legalized in order to relieve the patient and his/her family from unbearable pain and misery.it is solution for those who has no chance of recovery from a incurable disease and who are on life support system to die with dignity.it is better to die in a moment than dying every moment.
By gajendra singh rathore, clerk, sbbj  | 10 22 2011 20:03:33 +0000
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Woh afsana jise anjam tak lana na ho mumkin,use ek khubsurat mor deka bhulana accha.
By Devender Parasher, CEO n Director, Self Employed  | 03 08 2011 03:50:47 +0000
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Though I don't know wheather it's right or wrong but I would say one thing ......that think about a person to whom we are so involved & just can't help him by any way & we know the most  possible result also, then should we keep on watching that someone who is very near & dear to us suffering with untreatable problem & is in intolerable pain.  And we should not allow him to mearcy death just bcoz we are not god.

This is true we are not god.

But Think about huminity & emotions in real sence.


By Brij Kishor Mishra, Product Specialist at Alcon Laboratories India Pvt Ltd.  | 03 25 2010 08:17:34 +0000
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If death penalty is allowed in india then why mercy killing should be prohibited.

Most of the developed country have euthanasia legalized but there system of treatment and record process are much more open to public debate.

It is not always bad to keep few options open when there are so many life conditions which need a third dimension.

In India if we need to legalize euthanasia then it would be better to keep this issue under the control of judiciary as single handed control over its use may exploit its primary concern.

There are so many other dimensions which require open public debate to approve its usage in future.


By PREM PRAKASH, Hospital Administrator, O.P.Jindal Institute of Cancer & Research  | 03 24 2010 12:42:17 +0000
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Yes, can be considered in case the individual ( patient ) is unable to bear the terminal illness and provided his/her pains & suffering cannot be treated by any other possible means. All legal obligations should be considered and a law for Eutanasia should be made.


By Lalit Jaswal, Dental Surgeon, Jaswal Dental Clinic  | 03 13 2010 15:50:53 +0000
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according to my opinion mercy killing should be allowed in india for those people who is suffering from danger deases. The pepole who are involved in terror attack would not be allowed in this procedure because they dont thik about huminity then why we people show huminity towards that people.For the terrorist there should be a tough law to kill immediately in india like other countries or follow on the track of israiel. 


By arun kumar yadav, Software Developer, ATS Infotech Pvt. Ltd.  | 12 23 2009 11:49:43 +0000
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Yes it should be allowed but for those who are suffering from prolonged disease. 


By Shishir Shrivastava, Director, S & S Biotech  | 12 20 2009 10:30:48 +0000
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The concerns raised by many of you not to legalise mercy killing is justifiable. But please appreciate the fact that mercy killing should be permitted where the patient doesn't respond to treatment and is in a vegetative state as the patient cannot be recuperated back to a acceptable living condition. Further the patient cannot communicate his / her suffering and has to bear the pain and suffering.  

It is a very important that adequate measures are taken to safeguard patient's interest before permitting euthanasia. Therefore a medical team should assess and justify every euthanasia before the competent body can order the processess.


By Subhasis Bhattacharya, Sr. Manager Operations, Narayana Hrudayalaya  | 12 18 2009 09:32:05 +0000
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Is the idea of seeing your near and dear one on a ventillator a good one??

Is the idea of seeing the agony and the pain in the eyes and hearing the moans of your near and dear ones a good one??

I am for MERCY KILLING to purely end the agony and give the soul the much needed freedom from relentless pain, medication and the constant piercing of body for tests. I am completely for it and I have been incidental in authorising one in my family. No remorse. Extreme sadness but also very happy to see that there is no pain and agony anymore. No endless waits and above all NO FALSE HOPES!!


By Makrand Bhave, Marketing & MICE, WIZCRAFT International  | 12 18 2009 08:57:50 +0000
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I think it should be allowed and if there is no cure at all or there is no scope of development and in today's days where the hospitals costs being on the higher side, and if patient themselves are asking for it, then euthanasia should be allowed. And remember one thing people, they are alive just because they are in the hospital and if they are not treated and if they are outside then it will be not possible to live, so there is nothing wrong in this. Its just that his or her body is not supporting and than suffering for a longer period with no scope of improvement in their condition, then one  can opt for this euthanasia.


By Bindu Narayan, Product Development Manager, Care Biomedicals  | 12 18 2009 07:50:19 +0000
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Yes this could be allowed under certain circumstances that if the doctor is sure that there is no scope for the patient to get well in future, then it may be allowed taking the consent of that patient but if there is a little bit of scope left then the patient should be provided that time. But for those people who are terminally ill and those patients whose family really can’t afford the cost of the treatment for such a long period then it’s really ok to grant their appeal for euthanasia as a solution.


By Ratnakar Naik, General Practitioner, Apollo Group  | 12 12 2009 09:23:03 +0000
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"I think ,we dont have right ''.We are not GOD .Mercy killing Why ?

Killing some one is wrong wheather it is in the Name of Mercy.


By imran shaikh, Sales Manager, bharti-axa life insurance  | 12 18 2009 10:45:11 +0000
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when one should have to be granted permission for mercy killing from some legal authorities then why don't those legal authorities try to solve the problem of the suffering person. Are they fool or what?

if mercy killing is accompanied by organ donation then it may be considered very useful. A person willing to die can help one who wanna live.


By Navneet Gupta, Software Developer, LISPL, Lucknow  | 12 14 2009 17:26:35 +0000
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What makes us humans different from animals is our ability to experience and feel the pain along with actually suffering and  thus understanding our limitations and restraining us morally abide by the philosophy of lifeCompassion,Emotional attachment feeling of oneness and sharing the agony of the inflicted kith and kins and humanity as such gives us tremendous moral and spiritual satisfaction and fulfillmant and a meaning to life.Thats what makes us different from lesser living beings on this earth.Leaving them to die is what asavage uncivilised forms of life do we as enlightened should not do it.

If we pemit who decides what is incurable if so then it can be anything that is beyond us may be considered incurable and threshhold limit for this could be extended to any length any condition depending upon our convenience.Today we see how elders are today neglected every relation has become a way for benefiting,for furthering selfish interests.We do not even have the slightest regard for any kind of suffering of anybody.The degree of suffering and yard stick to decide whether to employ euthanasia may solely depend on our tolerance limit which is dwindling by the day and a day will come when for sheer convenience we may resort to this kind of legal killings.

Terminal cases may still leave us to continue research but at the sight of them we finish the patient there wont be any possibility left for reasearch in this field.

 

 

 

 


By K.Dinakar Kamath, procurement, Time and Space  | 12 14 2009 17:01:15 +0000
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Am against this because legalising euthanasia will lead to abuses. In Netherlands, where euthanasia has been legal since 1984, there have been reports that the chronically or terminally ill have been pressured by the medical profession to consent to euthanization. Patients with dementia have been put to sleep even without explicit consent. This is a slippery slope that India should definitely NOT get into.

There is no much value for life in India, when we compare with most advanced Western countries. Due to a huge population and poverty, life is indeed cheap. One could give several examples which attest to the fact that life is cheap in India. For instance, the lack of wide-spread emergency response systems, the horrible health-care system for the vast majority, etc. Legalising euthanasia, will exacerbate the situation and further devalue life in India. It will also increase the black market for human organ transplants.


By Dayanand Deshpande, Senior Consultant, Ernst & Young  | 12 12 2009 10:31:32 +0000
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