Euthanasia ruling expected Friday

Euthanasia ruling expected Friday

JAKARTA: The Central Jakarta District Court is slated to make
public its decision on the legality of euthanasia based on an
appeal by Bogor resident Hasan Kesuma, whose wife Agian Isna
Naili has been in coma for more than three months.

Hasan's lawyer Iskandar Sitorus from the Legal Aid Institute
for Health (LBHK) said his client has asked him to appeal to the
higher courts if the district court rejected his request.

Several days after giving birth in July, Agian was taken to
Bogor Islamic Hospital after experiencing hypertension, where she
was operated on by obstetrician Gunawan Muhammad. She has been in
a coma ever since.

Head of LBHK's malpractice division, Christ Benjamin, said
that Agian was also suffering from acute bedsores and that her
weight has dropped by eight kilograms in the last two weeks,
Tempointeraktif.com reported.

Hasan said he still has to pay hospital bills, although
Minister of Health Siti Fadillah Supari had promised to free him
from medical expenses at Cipto Mangunkusumo General Hospital
where Agian is being treated. -- JP