- The World Health Day (April 7) theme for 2024 was “My health, my right”.
- The World Health Organization defines health as “physical, social and mental well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity.”
- The Supreme Court observed the right to health includes the right to palliative care in the PIL filed by Rajshree Nagaraju (2024).
- Palliative care is specialised medical care for people suffering from serious ailments and health conditions of a terminal nature.
- The Supreme Court (2023) held that any advance medical directive left by a mentally competent person will be valid and binding on healthcare professionals in the clarification of the judgment Common Cause judgement (2018) sought by the Indian Society of Critical Care Medicine.
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