how do letters get suo moto converted to PILs

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Jai Shri Ram !!!

 

With reference to your letter below asking me to take up a PIL on Mercy Killing,

and free treatment to Elderly, I have following to say.

 

For poor senior citizens the treatment in the Govt. or BMC hospitals is free or

at nominal charge to the best of my knowledge. In the so-called Trust hospitals or private hospitals the senior citizens are fleeced. The present health system is top heavy, heavily medicine oriented, costly and dependency creating. In the dying days of a patient more amount is spent than on his/her entire life span, ruining the remaining family members. Beware of this Medicine Mafia drawn model of health care based on MediCare, which is nothing but MediCon.

As regards, Mercy Killing or Euthanasia, I as a doctor cannot do that, because my

Param Dharma is to keep the patient alive and healthy. Killing is the job of George

Bush-type devil doctors.

 

The terminally ill patients, however, can stop eating food, like the Jain sadhus do.

Also, stop all artificial sustenance and allow the patient to lapse into permanent sleep.

There are some homeopathic pills in very high potencies which can stop the heart.

But I will not tell you that. The following brief summary on dying positions and dying fears

should help you to understand this subject better.

 

Kind Regards

Dr. Leo Rebello

 

PS : Your concerns and my reply are in the public domain. Hence,

I am releasing this entire correspondence to Karma Yog, who introduced

you to me and also Alt Health group, for further serious discussion.

Enrol yourself with Alt Health by writing to Jagannath <jagchat01

and instead of mercy killing at the "young age of 70" you will start bouncing

back with helpful activities because you still think clearly and write well.

Remember that the normal human life is hundred years. So, frankly speaking

you have another 30 years to serve the society. Believe me.For more details please visit my website : www.healthwisdom.org

 

 

 

Message no. 10. Death as per Tibetan Buddhist writings.Posted by: "Jagannath Chatterjee" jagchat01 jagchat01Sun Aug 6, 2006 3:11 am (PDT)Dear Friends,I'll try to recreate what I had read from the book, "The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying" by Sogyal Rinpoche a Tibetan Buddhist monk who preaches in the west. The book has many similiarities with the Yoga Vasistha. In fact they are probing the same subject and both are committed to the truth. Moreover Buddhism was carried to Tibet from India by Indian monks so there will definitely be similiarities. The book declares that life is a time span given to human souls to prepare for and eventually face death. Death can be conquered by a constant process of self-enquiry concerning the reality behind the body mind complex and the projected world till the clear light of realisation dawns. Death can be of two types, accidental/untimely death and death from old age. The book mostly deals with death from old age though it says that the process of death is the same for both. However in accidental death the process is extremely rapid. I'll deal with the process of death which is very beautifully described in this book and which everyone should be familiar with. It has three sub chapters; 1. The position of dying. 2. The dissolution of the external elements, the senses, earth, water, fire and space. 3. The dissolution of the subtle elements. 1. The position of dying.

The terminally ill patient should be placed on the right side. The left hand should be alongside

the left thigh. The feet, the left placed upon the right, should be slightly bent in the knees. The right

hand should be under the chin with the right index finger blocking the right nostril. The right side

represents karmic fallacies and this position ensures that by closing all other aperatures the soul

leaves through the shahasrara, the head exit. 2. The process of dying.

A. Dissolution of senses..The patient feel his senses loosing their power. The ears hear but cannot discern the words.

The eyes see but cannot discern the objects. The senses of smell and taste too diminish. B. The dissolution of the earth element.The patient feels a sudden and acute loss of energy. The body feel like sinking into the bed and

feels extraordinarily heavy. The patient may ask for the covers to be removed and the head to

be raised by more pillows. Mentally the patient witnesses a simmering mirage as in the desert. C. The water element.The next to dissolve is the water element. The eyes start dripping tears, the nose starts dribbling,

the mouth starts drooling. The eyballs feel extremely dry in their sockets, the mouth feels dry and

the patient may ask for water. The patient sees flickering of sparks or a blaze as the next element

fire prepares for dissolution. D. The Fire element.The patient feels the extremeties getting icy cold which spreads towards the upper torso.

Gradually the whole body becomes cold with the prana concentrating all elements of life into the

imaginary heart region. The skin looses its lusture and the body emits a peculiar smell of death

which doctors and nurses accustomed to dealing with terminally ill patients can often discern.

The patient sees a raging storm as the next element space starts to dissolve. E. The space element.Here I have to falter as I don't remember much. This is the last stage of physical death.

The breath stops and the patient is declared clinically dead. However three drops of blood

are released into the heart region which remains warm for about another twenty minutes. 2. The dissolution of the subtle elements.Here the patient sees imaginary figures as per karma during his lifetime. He may have nightmares

if he has bad karma or else he may feel the presence of sages, dead friends and relatives if his

karma are good. The patient often panics here as he feels that his individuality is about to dissolve.

He may see the clear light of the sky without the hindrances of clouds or fog which leads him to

the other dimension. The whole process of death is very scary and the mind is completely confused and terrorised as

it looses total control over itself. It is only the results of ones good karma and the blessings of sages

which comforts the patient at this stage. The Hindu practice of pouring gangajal (ganges water) into

the mouth and the chanting of the name of the patients favourite God also may be comforting.

 

 

Ram Dr. Leo Rebello Sunday, August 06, 2006 Re: how do letters get suo moto converted to PILs

 

Dear Dr. Rebello.

On second and more minute reading of your letter I was so impressed by actions and persuit of public interest matters by you as reported in your letter that I sincerely believe that feeling interested and concerned in the following 2 matters as I am, you will consider raking them up for High Court to pass judgements thereon . The issues are undoubtedly purely public related and more relevant to the elderly persons for whom the care and concern by all and more so by the Judiciary ( executive wing not doing much worthwhile) is the need of the time.

 

Issues are:

(1) Mercy killing of those (mostly these will be those who have attained the advanced age where ailments tend to inflict them much harder as compared to younger lot and lack of funds to fight the losing battle) whose life has become too miserably painful to live longer and medically irretrieable. Undoubtedly, some chances of mischief and wrong doings are involved , but notstanding this, one's desire to die be made realisable under the strict scrutiny of joint approval by any of the approved panel of medical professionals and the HIgh Court Judge.

 

(2) All senior citizens who have contributed to the growth and developement of our country directly or otherwise be allowed to get medical treatment totally free of cost at all the Govt and private hospitals. In this 60th year of independence High Couts be coaxed to present this gift to those who are 60 and above.

 

I dont know how would you go about doing this, but my humble plea is that you do kindly lend your ear to this suggestion . If sucessful in this mission you will earn the blessings of millions of elderly persond as the reward for your efforts.

 

Warm regards,

Ram Panjwani"Dr. Leo Rebello" <leorebello wrote:Thank you Karmayog for referring this matter to me for my advice.Let Ram Panjwani (or other activists on this net) simply attach the press report and send the letter to the Chief Justice of the High Court, giving briefly the reasons why the Court should convert it into suo motu writ petition. Usually the petitions from senior citizens, handicapped persons, widows, orphans and those in jail or anyone writing on their behalf are taken note of. Letter may be delivered in duplicate personally (insist on acknowledgement) or sent throughcourier or registered post AD.PIL/WP can also be easily registered under article 226 of the Constitution of India in any High Court. The emphasis is on Public Interest. It should not be private interestmade to sound like public interest. Here are three examples : 1.. The authorities cordoning off a busy road at Prabhadevi creating a bottle neck there to protect the Siddhi Vinayak temple from the possible terrorist attack and other such knee-jerk solutions is NOT in public interest. Hence, a PIL can easily be taken up for violations of several provisions of law. But no one dare take this issue up, because it will be seen through communal goggles even by the judges.2.. Someone recently took up a PIL against Shahrukh Khan developing his extra space behind his so-called heritage bungalow at Bandra. That was certainly not in public interest and hence even the Supreme Court rejected the said petition. 3.. Sheriff of Mumbai saying that the Race Course be developed is certainly inpublic interest and this should be taken up. But if the said matter were to come up before judges who are interested in racing (gambling) they may not be favourably inclined and public interest would be cast aside and private interest of select super rich will be protected. As Harold Laski said in Grammar of Politics : "Judges do not give judgments, they only give decisions; they only decide which of the two sides argued better". To file a PIL, earlier there was a nominal fee of Rs.50. Now I think it is Rs.200 or Rs.250. You do NOT need a lawyer to draft or argue your case, if you can think, write and argue yourself straight. Sometimes locus standi is asked to be explained.That can be cooly answered by quoting Article 51(A) of the Constitution of India,which underlines 10 Fundamental Duties of a Citizen, as long as there is no axe to grind on the part of a person working in public interest. Also under section 32 of the Advocates Act anyone can represent a person in need. You need not engage an advocate. Taking advantage of that section, I have gone knocking at every court in Bombay (on behalf of those who are extremely needy), something which even many lawyers may not have done. Needless to say I have won every time. Suo Motu - means if the court is convinced it acts on its own to correct the grave wrong, under its inherent jurisdiction. One can write an accurate, brief and clear letter to the Chief Justice and other Judges, and send the same through the Registrar General with a copy to the Advocate General of Maharashtra if it is the Bombay High Court.My two page letter against MHADA was converted into suo motu Writ Petition in the early eighties. What I had compressed in 2 pages, later on had become 80 pages with attachment of documents etc. And I won the same. I argued the case myself eventhough at that time I had no experience. My another WP was on Ganpati pandal in the middleof the main road at Kandivali East. It was admitted for expedited hearing. But the papers were lost in the court and so many dirty tricks were played, by the Shiv Sena corporator, to defeat me. But I followed it up for 14 years and ultimately won, arguing myself, inspite of threats to liquidate me etc.There is also a short cut -- at the beginning of the Court, morning and afternoon, there is a"mention time". Ram can draft a letter, take two copies of that letter and impress upon the court during the "mention time" why the said matter be treated as a suo motu. The bench will then advise him accordingly. I got one such WP admitted in a BARC scientist's matter.For suo motu writ petitions there is no fee.I am sure this information will be useful to activists on Karmayog net. As Ram rightly underlines, one has to be sharp and open eyed. That is the pre-requisite ofa good citizen.Best Wishes Dr. Leo Rebello