Aruna Shanbaug was a nurse and working in a hospital in Mumbai in 1973.
She was attacked,raped and strangled by a hospital worker.
Shanbaug suffered brain damage and had been in a vegetative state thereafter.
Her family did not have enough to support and take care of her.And it was the nurses who took turns taking care of her for more than four decades.
Her friend,a Mumbai based author petitioned the courts to stop force-feeding her through a tube so that her suffering end quick.But the supreme courts rejected the petition.
Some days back her condition got worst she was diagnosed with pneumonia and had been placed on life support system for the past few days before she finally died.Pravin Banger,medical superintendent at Mumbai's King Edward Memorial Hospital confirmed.
Aruna Shanbaug was a nurse and working in a hospital in Mumbai in 1973.
She was attacked,raped and strangled by a hospital worker.
Shanbaug suffered brain damage and had been in a vegetative state thereafter.
Her family did not have enough to support and take care of her.And it was the nurses who took turns taking care of her for more than four decades.
Her friend,a Mumbai based author petitioned the courts to stop force-feeding her through a tube so that her suffering end quick.But the supreme courts rejected the petition.
Some days back her condition got worst she was diagnosed with pneumonia and had been placed on life support system for the past few days before she finally died.Pravin Banger,medical superintendent at Mumbai's King Edward Memorial Hospital confirmed.