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May 18th, 2015 
David Schulberg 
A Mumbai nurse, Aruna Shanbaug, who spent 42 years in a vegetative state after being brutally raped, has died of pneumonia in the hospital where she used to work.
Aruna Shanbaug worked as
a junior nurse at Mumbai’s King Edward Memorial (KEM) hospital in
the early 1970s, after moving to Mumbai from the southern Indian
state of Karnataka.
On November 27, 1973, when she was 25, Aruna was attacked and
sodomized by a cleaner at the hospital, Sohanlal Bhartia Valmiki.
He tied Aruna to a dog chain, raped then strangled her and left
her to die.
Ms. Shanbaug survived but spent the rest of her life in a
vegetative state.
On Monday, KEM doctors announced her death.
“Shanbaug was diagnosed with pneumonia last week and had been
on a life support system for the past few days,” said Pravin
Bangar, KEM’s medical superintendent.
The case of Aruna Shanbaug provoked debates over the problem of
euthanasia in India after Aruna’s friend, Mumbai-based author
Pinki Virani, asked the court to stop force-feeding her friend
and thus put an end to her four-decade agony.
Aruna Shanbaug’s death: A powerful case to legalise active
euthanasia: The case of Aruna Shan… http://t.co/D3N5vFdVcy via
@firstpostin
— Archita U R (@architaur) 18
мая 2015
However, the nurses who treated Aruna Shanbaug for more than 40
years opposed this.
Finally, India’s Supreme Court rejected Pinki Virani’s petition.
The story of Aruna Shanbaug also sparked debate on a deep-seated
problem in Indian society – sexual abuse. According to National
Crime Records Bureau statistics, a woman is raped every 20
minutes in India and rapists often go unpunished or get a soft
penalty.
Read more: http://rt.com/news/india-rape-protests-killed-084/
In Shanbaug’s case, the man who raped her, Sohanlal Bharta
Walmiki, wasn’t even charged with rape since sodomy wasn’t
regarded as such under Indian law at the time. He spent just
seven years in prison for robbery and attempted murder.
Where is the justice? She died today, after 42 yrs in a coma,
and her rapist is free. #RIPArunaShanbaghhttp://t.co/444NTTyvOo
— VISHAL DADLANI (@VishalDadlani) 18
мая 2015
“I was told that he had changed his name and was working as a
ward boy in a Delhi hospital. The hospital where he had sodomised
Aruna and left her in this permanent vegetative condition had
never kept a photo of him on file. Neither did the court
papers,” said Pinki Virani.
@timesofindia We
want Justice for Aruna Shanbaug.She has been struggling for
Justice for 42 years. : (
— Ranjan Kr Amritnidhi (@amritnidhi) 15
мая 2015
The gang rape of a student on a Delhi bus in December, 2012,
became one of India’s most sensational cases and also created
ripples abroad. It sparked mass protests across the country and
worldwide, putting the problem of women’s rights firmly on the
agenda of Indian politics. In March, 2013, the Indian parliament
introduced a law stipulating the death penalty for repeat rape
offenders and those whose victims are left in a “vegetative
state.”
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