After a 24-year legal fight, 85-year-old retired teacher H.B. Karibasamma from Davanagere is set to become Karnataka’s first beneficiary of the right to d*e with dignity. Battling a slipped disc for decades and now cancer, she tirelessly advocated for terminally ill patients.

After a 24-year legal fight, 85-year-old retired teacher H.B. Karibasamma from Davanagere is set to become Karnataka’s first beneficiary of the right to d*e with dignity. Battling a slipped disc for decades and now cancer, she tirelessly advocated for terminally ill patients.