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Euthanasia is, without question, a delicate, difficult topic to discuss. But our readers didn’t hold back when we posed this question to them on the Leader’s website this past week: ...

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BENGALURU: The Karnataka government has issued orders to implement the Supreme Court’s directive regarding a patient’s Right ...

This historic decision makes Karnataka the first state in India to officially recognize and allow terminally ill patients the right to refuse life-sustaining treatments under specific guidelines.