If You Can't Cure a Man...You Can Atleast Kill him ?!!

Mere Pyaare Bhaaratvaasiyon ! Our Law-Makers are all set and ready to give us.. as you say..."JHATKE PE JHATKA !!"
After the reservation hoopla, guess whats the new issue on the stand-"Should EUTHANASIA be Legalised in India ?" WHOAA ! Million Dollar question ! isn't it ?
This is a clear situation of Me against Myself ( no guys nothing to do with Jay Sean...). I say so because its really difficult to take a stand...its like one of those debates where i could speak "FOR" the topic and "AGAINST" the topic and then refute myself...
Here's an overview of what's going on in my tumultous brain...

Law Commission has sent a proposal to the Health Ministry saying that its high time now, that a country which comprises 27% of the population of the world, should take a stand on "MERCY KILLING" ( i never thought any kind of killing was merciful...sigh...anyways...)
Countries like Holland,Australia and Belgium have already legalised it...so its time for us ,too, to take a plunge..into the pool of death !! Daunting and Adventurous !! isn't it ? woo hoo !!

All of this perpetuated with the solemn demise of a terminally-ill patient Venkatesh in Hyderabad. He was on a life support system for quite sometime and when asked he said that his last wish was to be "put to death" so that he could donate his organs. But Alas ! According to the current law which states that this is possible only when the patient is declared "DEAD" by the doctors, his wish could not be fulfilled and he walked all the way to heaven...

Former Director of AIIMS, says that keeping a patient on a life-support system is neither sound care nor compassion and that the the law makers should take into account all the safeguards before putting such a thing on the Indian Constitution.
The question here is: "WHO PLAYS GOD ??"
Its not a game...make some rules...decide who wins...and who dies??
Are we ready to trust the same crazy people who have imposed an unfair reservation policy??

I personally believe that this law sends the entire concept of "MEDICINE" down the drains..
A question to all you doctors out there....the "HIPPOCRATUS" oath that you take..."I will not administer any lethal drug to my patient...." Whats your new oath going to be like ??

"I WILL TRY MY BEST BUT IF I CAN'T TO ANYTHING ABOUT IT ... I WILL PUT MY PATIENT TO REST !!" Amen.....THE END !!

I ask you....with what faith will your patients approach you? And with what conscience will you convert yourselves into "butchers"?

Being a biomedical engineer myself, i totally refuse to not believe in the "miracles" of medicine. Remember that advertisement that flashed on television some years back..." AIDS jeewan ka anth nahin...iske saath bhi hum jee saktein hain..."
How many of you filled up buckets with your salty tears while watching the movie "my brother Nikhil"? Did you want him to die? Rather i should ask...Did you want him to be "put to death"?

Life is precious people... i know this statement is cliched but thats all i can think right now when i visualise the scenario where i see the doctors turning into "Brutal Murderers" and hospitals to "Morgues"....

"Life is REAL ! Life is Earnest !
And the grave is not its goal...
Dust Thou art, to dust returnest,
Was not spoken of the soul...."