The Supreme Court amended the rules regarding passive euthanasia to ease the overall process. Passive euthanasia is a medical procedure to withhold or remove the life supporting system from terminally ill patients that was keeping them alive.
On Tuesday, the Supreme Court limited the role and interventions of the government officials in the process of passive euthanasia by mending some rules in the 2018 order of passive euthanasia. Now, it will be less cumbersome for the patients’ family members, doctors and the patient itself to get through the legal paperwork and other formalities.
The Supreme Court has ordered decisions regarding passive euthanasia within 48 hours. In addition to this, the Court has ordered that the two medical boards will be set by hospital only and there will be only one district medical officer.
According to new rules, there is no need to take judicial magistrate consent for the procedure of passive euthanasia, instead the judicial magistrate just needs to be informed before undergoing passive euthanasia.
Passive euthanasia is a medical procedure to withhold or remove the life supporting system from terminally ill patients that was keeping them alive. In simple words the patient is allowed to die instead of staying on life support systems for a long time.