A few weeks ago I was
watching a Hindi movie by name Guzaarish – it was a beautiful movie and dealt
with a very sensitive topic “Euthanesia” – Right to Die. I was very impressed with this movie as it
brought out perceptions of various categories of people on issue of life and
death. Being a very prolife person
myself, I believe the Life is God’s gift, and it is very precious, and we have
no right to take our life, and I am very staunch when it comes to life and
death matter.
This movie brought out
another angle of looking at life – while the magician who is paralyzed and
continues to suffer for too long, his pain unbearable, leaving him with a
vegetable existence, asking for right to die was a choice he made about his
life.
I recall my son who was
hospitalized for lung infection and was treated in the intensive care unit –
his lungs were totally infected, and he was struggling to breathe, the doctors
were giving him strong antibiotics which only added to the problem and
prolonged his suffering, It was very clear that some of his vital organs
stopped functioning, and his situation was getting from bad to worse, yet the
doctors continue to treat him, as a medical professional they felt that they
must try their best till the last moment.
This experience shook me, and for the first time in
my life I really saw my son deciding to move away from us, choosing to leave
the earth – and I saw my husband torn apart struggling to let go – I was dumb
and speechless for I knew there was very little time left, and the best thing
to do was to let go… leaving the choice to my son for I loved him too much to
see him suffer.
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