Doctors draft Guidelines defining "Terminal Illness" as "Irreversible or Incurable Condition" - Video
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Overview
The Union Health Ministry has introduced new guidelines titled "Guidelines for Withdrawal of Life Support in Terminally Ill Patients," developed through collaborative efforts by 25 doctors from across India. These guidelines define "terminal illness" as an "irreversible or incurable condition from which death is inevitable in the foreseeable future."
Speaking with ANI, Dr Sushma Bhatnagar, Chief IRCH Cancer, AIIMS, Delhi said that it is not active or passive euthanasia, rather, "it's a way of giving treatment when the end is inevitable."
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25 Doctors draft Guidelines defining "Terminal Illness" as "Irreversible or Incurable Condition"
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