Hyderabad: In a very saddening situation, parents of an eight-months-old have approached a court in Andhra Pradesh for mercy killing of their daughter. Little girl, Gunna Sai is suffering from a congenital liver disease and her poor parents can’t effort a liver transplant.
Sai’s parents, Ramanappa and Saraswati who hail from RK Kothapalli village are agriculture labours and have visited the Tamballepalle civil court for killing their daughter through passive euthanasia. The judge said he had no powers to decide on mercy killing and instead asked them to approach either the Chittoor district court or the high court.
Doctors had recommended a liver transplant for Sai within two months.“We spent 5 lakh on her so far and now, we are penniless,” the father said. Ramanappa said he was ready to donate his liver to his daughter but he didn’t have the 30 lakh needed for the operation.
Meanwhile, a local politician who came to know about her plight has assured all help. “I will bring it to the notice of Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu and see that the government will bear the expenses for Sai’s treatment,” he was quoted as saying.
