Summary:
In March 2018, India’s Supreme Court allowed people to draw up Living Wills, meaning they can seek withdrawal of life support. Chandigarh knows very little about the concept of Living Will as its level of awareness about it is poorest, a survey has revealed. A year after Supreme Court’s judgement on Living Will, HCAH’s survey conducted, shows poor awareness around Living Will in the country as it was found that only 275% of Indian were aware about the it. It was also found that the level of awareness about Living Will is highest in Delhi and Mumbai. Interestingly, only 76% people found it relevant for themselves and among those 75% , nearly 91% wished to discontinue any life support system in case they were declared terminally ill on artificial life support with no or marginal hope of recovery..