Gangtok, Feb. 1 -- In a landmark move, the Karnataka government has officially adopted the Supreme Court's January 2023 ruling on the "right to die with dignity." This decision allows terminally ill patients with no hope of recovery, or those in a persistent vegetative state who no longer benefit from life-sustaining treatment, to have their life support withdrawn or withheld.

The state government issued a formal order on Thursday, specifying that doctors such as neurologists, neurosurgeons, surgeons, anaesthetists, or intensivists, who are approved under the Transplantation of Human Organs and Tissues Act, 1994, will be part of a secondary medical board. This board, nominated by the district health officer (DHO), will certify such cases...