Parents Want Mercy Killing For Disabled Sons


IANS

Lucknow, Aug 11: 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 told IANS 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 lakhs 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 fear 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.

  

Top Stories

Comment on this article

  • Antony Pereira, Mangalore

    Wed, Aug 12 2009

    I can understand the pain & sufferings of farmer Mr Jeet Narayan & his wife who have submitted their application to the President of India for mercy killing of their disabled sons. The giver of life is God and taker of one''s life is God only. Why can''t State/Central Govt. come to the rescue of this poor fly by extending the financial support to this fly to meet thier medical expenses.

    DisAgree Agree Reply Report Abuse


Leave a Comment

Title: Parents Want Mercy Killing For Disabled Sons



You have 2000 characters left.

Disclaimer:

Please write your correct name and email address. Kindly do not post any personal, abusive, defamatory, infringing, obscene, indecent, discriminatory or unlawful or similar comments. Daijiworld.com will not be responsible for any defamatory message posted under this article.

Please note that sending false messages to insult, defame, intimidate, mislead or deceive people or to intentionally cause public disorder is punishable under law. It is obligatory on Daijiworld to provide the IP address and other details of senders of such comments, to the authority concerned upon request.

Hence, sending offensive comments using daijiworld will be purely at your own risk, and in no way will Daijiworld.com be held responsible.