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Meta employee laid off after 10 years shares gut-wrenching post: ‘Yesterday I was training a new engineer, today I lost my job’A Meta employee in Singapore, Gary Tay, shared his gut-wrenching experience on LinkedIn of being laid off after nearly ten years, having tr...
Assisted suicide, which is legal in parts of U.S., set to fall in England, Wales. Here's whyTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill was passed by the House of Commons last June, the U.K.'s revising chamber, the House of Lords, has...
TN: 85 hospitalised due to suspected food poisoning in MaduraiIn Tamil Nadu, 85 people were hospitalized after a temple festival due to suspected food poisoning. Authorities are investigating the incid...
Over 90 patients fall ill due to food poisoning at IMH, Telangana govt terminates diet contractA food poisoning incident occurred at the Institute of Mental Health in Erragadda, Hyderabad. Over ninety patients were affected, and one p...
John Hopkins University and Ajit Isaac Foundation to establish 63-bed Palliative Care Centre in TumkurJohns Hopkins University and the Ajit Isaac Foundation partnered to establish palliative care centers in underserved areas of India. The co...
Will UK be the next country to legalize euthanasia? Assisted dying bill says terminally ill can take their own life in 3 weeksThe UK may be on the verge of legalizing assisted dying, thanks to a controversial new bill. Proposed by Labour MP Kim Leadbeater, the legi...
Dignity in death'cos life is preciousThe Government of India has introduced draft guidelines for assisted withdrawal of life support for terminally-ill patients. The guidelines...
Life support withdrawal for terminally ill: IMA flags concerns, says it will put doctors under stressThe Indian Medical Association has expressed concerns over new guidelines that put the responsibility of deciding on life support withdrawa...
Health ministry comes up with new draft guidelines on passive euthanasiaThe Union Health Ministry's draft guidelines on passive euthanasia suggest doctors should make considered decisions on withdrawing life sup...
Shocking! Why did physically fit Zoraya decide to die at the age of 28? Know about euthanasia and why people take this extreme stepAn increasing number of individuals are choosing euthanasia to end their lives. They are the people who have suffered mental health issues ...
Patients unable to give free consent too have right to refuse treatment: SCSC held that the patient's right who is unable to express his view cannot be kept outside that Article 21 (Right to life and liberty) of th...
Landmark ruling: Supreme Court says passive euthanasia is permissibleThe ruling stems from a petition filed by an NGO 'Common Cause', who had approached the court seeking a direction for recognition of 'livin...
SC judgment on passive euthanasia: Here's everything you need to knowThe ruling has significant moral, social and professional implications. Here's what that means.
Doctor group seeks law to spare patients needless medical spendGirish Gokhale, a senior lawyer assisting ELICIT in preparing the draft bill, said that instead of using the term right to die he would put...
Supreme Court seeks Modi government's views on right to diePresenlty, doctors in India are not allowed under the Hippocratic Oath to switch off life support systems except in medical cases involving...
Union health minister Dr Harsh Vardhan calls for euthanasia debate"A consensus should be developed on whether to allow killing of terminally-ill people with no chances of revival. It is a complex issue."
Supreme Court refers issue of legalising Euthanasia to a five- judge Constitution benchThe SC has referred the issue of legalising euthanasia to a five- judge Constitution bench due to "inconsistent" opinion in previous verdic...
- Govt against mercy killing, AG tells SC
The Centre has rejected the Law Commission's recommendation to allow terminally ill patients to choose death to end their suffering, attorn...
- HC asks govt to frame policies to check drug trafficking
The court has asked them to ensure visa seekers have a doctor's certificate.
- 'Improper ratio of doctor-patients is deficiency in service'
The Delhi Consumer Commission has held that inadequate ratio of doctor and patient or nurse and patient in government or private hospitals ...