Canavan Disease

A 42-year-old man in Agra has decided to write to President Pranab Mukherjee, pleading euthanasia or mercy killing for six of his eight children who suffer from a rare neurological disease called Canavan, wherein the growth of children is developmentally delayed and over time the patient suffers seizures and becomes paralysed.

A 42-year-old man in Agra has decided to write to President Pranab Mukherjee, pleading euthanasia or mercy killing for six of his eight children who suffer from a rare neurological disease called Canavan, wherein the growth of children is developmentally delayed and over time the patient suffers seizures and becomes paralysed.