Mercy killing - A thought
There are many legal implications in Indian legal system which are binding on the life of every citizen. A citizen of India is not allowed to end life without any reason. Taking this one step ahead, is the thought of mercy killing. This relates to the idea that if a person who is living but in such a condition that the person is only alive and has no movement of the body and absolutely dependant on someone else, should be freed from the pain and agony of life. This is also done to free those who are tied up to that person.
Mercy killing is not just ending a person's life. It is about letting that person go and also letting the family members of that person free of the pain of seeing their dear one in such a miserable condition. There are quite a few points in such cases which need special attention. The first point is how much do the members who are close by love the person who is on bed. The people who are attached to such a person are really involved since they see the patient daily and serve the patient endlessly without tiring. This becomes a sort of not just duty but a devotion for that person who takes care of the patient. It becomes a motive to live on and keep up to each day. Be fit and keep smiling so that the patient keeps on getting the positivity, not the discourage. So that their touch passes on the energy to live on and pass on each day without thinking of the pain to self and the other who is taking care of them.
Sometimes this time of taking care is as long as about 22years when a wife takes care of her husband waking up at night to check if the bed is not wet or if he doesnt want water or every day bathing him. There are also examples of one nurse who has lost her sense and is bed-ridden since 37 years but the staff who used to work with her or the new ones who have joined in much later take honour in serving her at all times of the day and taking care of her needs like their own child. Such examples really inspire patients to fight all situations and live. But, at the end there is always a practical aspect to each of such cases. This aspect needs to considered and given a serious thought.
In all fairness, it is acceptable that the person lying on bed is either our father or mother or grand-parent who have been with us at all the time of our life through those times when we used to just cry when we were kid and did not think of letting us go. They had the patience to bear our crying and shouting and still loved us and through that love just made us grow so much that we think of letting them free of their life.
It is really not fair to think of such a thing. We can be mere watcher to the misery. The only way to end the misery is pray for the happy end to their life. Mercy killing is a way only to comfort ourselves that we have freed out our dear one from the agony.
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