I don't support Euthanisia at any stage. We know many cases where more than one child in the family is disabled and still they become achievers, for which there is more than one example on our list itself. We have even seen persons with multiple disabilities achieve great heights of success. So, they should carry on their lives with a positive attitude awaiting for some miracle to happen, which is easier said than done.
I personally interpret the factors which would have prompted the parents to take such a decission in a different way. -- considering the attitude of the Indian governments towards the disabled persons in our country, the parents would have been frightened about the lives of their children in a country like ours. As far as the president's decission is concerned, I feel she should throw the decission about Euthanasia out of the window and think in lines of what the government should do for a family like this, assuring good medical facilities, education and financial assistance for any productive purpose the family undertakes for it's survival. The steps taken should be in such a manner that no disabled person in India should ever even think in lines of Euthanasia again. I know most of you would burst into laughter reading my suggestions as to what our caring and concerned governments should do for this family. They are so busy taking care of the members who support them to sustain power till the nest elections. To quote a small example, the H R A of the members of Andhra Pradesh assembly has been raised by just 200% recently and the additional conveyance allowance paid to disabled bankers is a mighty sum of 400 per month. Oh god! how much tax should I have to pay this year as a result of this conveyance allowance? -- G. Vamshi PH Res : +91 877-2243861 Mobile: +91 9949349497 E-mail ID: gvamsh...@gmail.com Skype: gvamshi81 God helps those who help themselves On 8/11/09, Vikas Kapoor <dl.vi...@gmail.com> wrote: > Folks, what do you have to say on the article pasted below? > > Parents want mercy killing for 4 disabled sons > > IANS 11 August 2009, 01:42pm IST > > LUCKNOW: A farmer and his wife in Uttar Pradesh have sought President > Pratibha Patil's permission for the mercy killing of all their four sons who > > have turned into virtual vegetables. > > The four, aged 10 to 16 years, have been afflicted by muscular dystrophy, a > genetic disease that has confined them to bed. > > "My sons cannot stand on their feet. They are unable to move their body > below the neck. I see their distress every day. Now when doctors too have > lost hope, I want they should die. Death would be the ultimate solution for > their suffering," farmer Jeet Narayan of Bashi village of Mirzapur district, > some 300 km from Lucknow, has said in his letter to Patil. > > "My sons are in utter discomfort. I cannot see their helplessness any more. > So, we have written to the president that our sons be killed through > euthanasia," Narayan's wife Prabhavati said over telephone. > > Narayan has told his neighbours that he has sold of all his valuables to > meet the medical expenses of his sons. > > "Our financial resources have been exhausted. I even sold off the parental > land. Moreover, I owe nearly Rs 2 lakh to moneylenders," he said. > > Prabhavati said muscular dystrophy afflicted her sons when they were five > years old. She identified them as Durgesh, 16, Sarvesh, 14, Brijesh, 11, and > Suresh, 10. All four were normal children until then. > > The couple now fears their four-year-old daughter may become disabled when > she turns five. > > "Till now our daughter is doing fine but we are quite worried about her. She > might meet the same fate like her brothers after a year or so," said > Prabhavati. > > http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/news/city/lucknow/Parents-want-mercy-killing-for-4-disabled-sons/articleshow/4880814.cms > Vikas Kapoor, > MSN Id:dl_vi...@hotmail.com, Yahoo&Skype Id: dl_vikas, > Mobile: (+91) 9891098137. > > > To unsubscribe send a message to accessindia-requ...@accessindia.org.in with > the subject unsubscribe. > > To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please > visit the list home page at > http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in > To unsubscribe send a message to accessindia-requ...@accessindia.org.in with the subject unsubscribe. To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please visit the list home page at http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in
