Kanpur woman writes letter to President Kovind, demands euthanasia for cancer-affected son

In a heart-wrenching incident, woman from Kanpur wrote a letter to President Ram Nath Kovind seeking permission to euthanise her 10 year-old son who is suffering from cancer.

The woman cites her financial status as the reason behind her request and the cost for the treatment goes beyond her abilities to save the child.

Seeing no end to her son's sufferings, this mother has demanded euthanasia for the 10-year-old.

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Earlier in January, a man from Agra had written a letter to then President Pranab Mukherjee and Prime Minister Narendra Modi, seeking permission for euthanasia for his son, Vipin who was suffering from aplastic anaemia.

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