To use artificial life support, or not to

Throw in the financial consequences and you know that your loved ones will be under tremendous pressure if they have to make this decision

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Healthcare sector | Health Insurance | Indian healthcare

Harsh Roongta 

Harsh Roongta

The pandemic is having a huge impact on all spheres of our lives. Even people who are not immediately affected by it now have heightened awareness of matters such as nominations and wills.

However, one area that has still not received enough attention is conveying your views in advance about the use of artificial life maintenance measures when you are unable to take that decision yourself. For me, the consequences were underlined by an intensely personal experience I had in 2016. I am sharing it with readers so that they realise that such things, unfortunately, can happen to “people ...

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First Published: Sun, May 30 2021. 20:28 IST
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