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31-year-old man, who has been in a vegetative state for the past 13 years after a tragic accident, can now die as the Supreme Court today allowed the withdrawal of life support on his parents’ request. The court has also urged the Centre to consider bringing a law on passive euthanasia, which is allowed in India only after the Supreme Court studies the opinions of two medical boards on the patient’s condition. Harish Rana, a student of Punjab University, fell off the fourth floor of a paying guest accommodation in 2013 and suffered serious injuries. He was put on life support. Since then, he has been confined to a bed with a tracheostomy tube for respiration and a gastrojejunostomy tube for feeding.
