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Delhi, 31st May, 2011 : NewsX will air a special program titled ?Choosing To Die? on the event of nurse Aruna Shanbaugh?s 63rd birthday. A victim of brutal rape and the longest incumbent of KEM hospital in Mumbai , Aruna has been in a vegetative state for the past 37 years. The Supreme Court rejected the mercy killing plea to end this woman?s life which has left people with mixed emotions and re-kindled the debate on euthanasia. The Apex Court also provided guidelines distinguishing between passive and active and voluntary and non voluntary euthanasia.
Euthanasia or assisted suicide is an issue that has received widespread attention in recent years and has been examined from a legal, health as well as religious point of view. This half an hour special show will showcase different types of euthanasia and will take viewers through various case studies in which it becomes imperative to adapt mercy killing as there is no other option left.
Watch out for this heart rendering special show on Wednesday, 1st June at 12.30 PM only on NewsX!
