Harish Rana, 31, had been in a comatose state since 2013 after he fell from a fourth-floor balcony.
Harish Rana before his accident. In 2013, Rana, then an engineering student, fell from a fourth-floor balcony and suffered serious head injuries An Indian man whose life support was removed after the Supreme Court accepted his parents' plea to do so has died.
Rana, 31, died on Tuesday at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences hospital in Delhi, where he had been receiving palliative care after his life support was withdrawn. Rana had been in a comatose state since 2013, when he suffered serious head injuries after falling from a fourth-floor balcony. He was an engineering student at the time.Also called a 'living will', this legal document allows anyone over 18 years to choose the medical care they would like to receive if they develop a terminal illness or condition with no hope of recovery.by allowing people to draw up living wills. Active euthanasia - any act that intentionally helps a person kill themselves - is illegal in India. But since Rana didn't have a living will and could not consent to being taken off life support as he was in a coma, his parents approached courts to allow their son's life-sustaining treatment to be withdrawn. They have previously said in media interviews that they had exhausted all their savings caring for their son and were also worried about what would happen to him after they died.Dying with dignity: Breaking the taboo around 'living wills' in India Rana's parents first approached the Delhi High Court in 2024, seeking passive euthanasia for their son, but their plea was rejected on the grounds that Rana hadn't been placed on life-support machines at the time and was hence, as the court noted, "able to sustain himself without any external aid".In 2025, they approached the Supreme Court again, saying that their son's condition had deteriorated and that he was being kept alive "artificially" through life support machines.According to the law governing living wills in India, two medical boards must certify that a patient meets the criteria for their life support to be withdrawn. Both boards said that Rana had a negligible chance of recovering and living a normal life, and that he required external support for feeding, bladder and bowel movements. The boards also noted that he had permanent brain damage and had suffered huge bed sores. On 11 March, the Supreme Court noted that Rana was not responding to treatment and asked the medical boards to "exercise clinical judgement" in the matter.Indian Express newspaperLike millions of others, I pull my own hair out - we need to talk about trichotillomania A TikToker has opened up about his struggles with a condition that causes him to pull his own hair out.'Hero' dad fell to his death during hospital leave
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