Aruna Shanbaug

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: An elderly couple in Mumbai, Iravati Lavate, 79, and her husband Narayan, 86, fear that they will fall terminally ill and will not be able to contribute to society. This has pushed them to write to the President for doctor-assisted death. While present laws in the country do not allow active euthanasia.

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Photo: Getty Images : The ‘Second’ Home: Staff nurses gather outside Shanbaug’s ward the day she died

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Poignant Reminder: Nurses at KEM hospital, Mumbai, paying their last respects to Aruna Shanbaug on May 18, 2015

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