India, March 27 -- Although Delhi resident Harish Rana's death-the first Indian permitted passive euthanasia-sparked much discussion on end-of-life choices, the BMC has yet to establish a system for recognising and ensuring the implementation of living wills. A living will is a registered document where one can enter one's end-of-life choices.

The civic body has, however, begun setting up a system to accept and digitise living wills to ensure that medical professionals can access them. "We have received about 85 living wills from Mumbai residents," Hari Bhandirge, chairman of the civic health committee, told HT. "The BMC has already earmarked the medical officer of health in every ward who will accept such wills."

A senior health depart...