New Delhi, March 17 -- Former Head of the Department of Onco-Anaesthesia, Pain and Palliative Care at AIIMS Delhi, Doctor Sushma Bhatnagar, who earlier handled the case of Harish Rana, stressed the importance of providing a dignified end without causing direct harm or discomfort, following the Supreme Court's approval of passive euthanasia.

In a landmark first, the Supreme Court last week permitted passive euthanasia for a 31-year-old Harish Rana from Ghaziabad who has been in a persistent vegetative state for over a decade, observing that continuing life-sustaining treatment would no longer be in the patient's best interest.

Speaking about the landmark case, Dr Bhatnagar said, "Now, in this case, it's an advanced stage where it seems t...