Euthanasia plea: Woman admitted to hospital for treatment

A 36-year-old woman, who requested authorities to grant her permission for Euthanasia, was today admitted to a private hospital near here.

This comes a day after the East Godavari district collector had directed officials concerned to take immediate steps to provide better treatment to her.

Dr V Vara Prasad, district coordinator of the NTR Vaidya Seva trust, counselled members of her family and contacted oncology experts at Kakinada.

Based on the medical reports, the woman was admitted to Hope International.

Dr Prasad said she was suffering from a huge ovarian tumour, "secondary to carcinoma sigmoid colon."
During a grievance meeting yesterday, the woman from Pitapuram in the district had made a representation to collector Kartikeya Misra, seeking permission for mercy-killing stating that she suffered acute pain due to a cyst in the stomach,