Maharashtra sets up living will portal as seniors choose dignity over suffering: ‘We don’t want artificial life support’

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Maharashtra has established a digital living will portal enabling seniors to legally specify end-of-life medical treatment preferences. The initiative allows terminally ill individuals to refuse artificial life support. Senior citizens at Pune's Athashri housing complex have already executed over seventy living wills. The government digitizes these documents for quick retrieval during medical emergencies, giving individuals greater autonomy over their final days.

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