Delhi Man Plans Euthanasia In Switzerland, Friend Moves Court To Stop Him

Myalgic Encephalomyelitis or Chronic Fatigue Syndrome is a "complex, debilitating, long-term neuro inflammatory disease" and the petitioner's friend, who had the first symptom of the disease in 2014, is "now completely bed bound" and can only "walk a few steps inside home", the plea informs.

A woman has approached the Delhi High Court seeking to stop her friend from travelling to Switzerland to undergo euthanasia on account of his debilitating inflammatory disease.

In her plea, the 49-year-old petitioner has sought a direction to the central government not to grant "emigration clearance" to her friend, in his late 40s and suffering from Myalgic Encephalomyelitis, who is supposed to travel for the physician-assisted suicide.

Myalgic Encephalomyelitis or Chronic Fatigue Syndrome is a "complex, debilitating, long-term neuro inflammatory disease" and the petitioner's friend, who had the first symptom of the disease in 2014, is "now completely bed bound" and can only "walk a few steps inside home", the plea informs.

The petitioner has stated that her friend was earlier receiving treatment at AIIMS but the same could not continue during the pandemic due to "donor availability issues".