Politicians like Devendra Fadnavis and Bollywood celebrities like Madhur Bhandarkar, Rishi Kapoor, and others have hoped for a “a better life in a better world” for that nurse Aruna Shanbaug, who died on Monday after being in a vegetative state for almost 42 years ever since she was raped.
Shanbaug, who was the world’s oldest comatose patient, died in Mumbai’s KEM Hospital on Monday morning.
Here’s what the celebrities tweeted for the departed soul:
My deepest condolences on the sad demise of Aruna Shanbaug.It was painful to see her suffering. I salute the humanity shown by KEM nurses.
— Devendra Fadnavis (@Dev_Fadnavis) May 18, 2015
A 42-yr struggle ends as #ArunaShanbaug leaves for a better life in a better world. A chilling story rewritten by KEM’s compassion. RIP. — Madhur Bhandarkar (@imbhandarkar) May 18, 2015
Such a sad ending! R I P #ArunaShanbaug https://t.co/YD2JZNQa5i — Neha Dhupia (@NehaDhupia) May 18, 2015
42 Years..my god..terrible..Aruna Shanbaug at last got rid of her miseries and pain..may heaven be the happiest place for her..RIP — satish kaushik (@satishkaushik2) May 18, 2015
Where is the justice? She died today, after 42 yrs in a coma, and her rapist is free. #RIPArunaShanbagh http://t.co/444NTTyvOo
— VISHAL DADLANI (@VishalDadlani) May 18, 2015
Aruna Shanbaug’s long ordeal, finally over. From 1998, a glimpse of what the nurse had been like before the rape: http://t.co/3V4Ho9WB4q — Nilanjana Roy (@nilanjanaroy) May 18, 2015
#ArunaShanbaug -For nurses at KEM you were a mission, for Euthanasia activists, a mission too. Wonder what you felt. Hope you are in peace
— barkha dutt (@BDUTT) May 18, 2015
Aruna Shanbag RIP: http://t.co/NbwVMiBzTF — Rajdeep Sardesai (@sardesairajdeep) May 18, 2015
In 1973, sodomy was not rape and, so, Aruna Shanbaug’s rapist got off lightly; she remained in a vegetative state for 42 yrs #NeverForget
— Namita Bhandare (@namitabhandare) May 18, 2015
Former nurse, Aruna Shanbaug has died. Was in coma for 42 years after being brutally raped #Injustice #RIP pic.twitter.com/QsaQIZ6BLN — Gargi Rawat (@GargiRawat) May 18, 2015
Aruna Shanbaug has died. Terribly, that’s better news than her sad life was. Strength to KEM Hospital staff who cared for her for 42 years.
— Shiv Aroor (@ShivAroor) May 18, 2015
Nurse Aruna Shaunbag dies after 42yrs of being in coma, with that comes alive the Euthanasia debate. #euthanasia #ArunaShanbag — Rhythma Kaul (@RamblingBrook) May 18, 2015
The man who raped #ArunaShaunbag, Sohanlal W was released after 7 years. If memory serves me right, I read he worked in another hospital. — Anubha Bhonsle (@anubhabhonsle) May 18, 2015
The man who raped #ArunaShanbaug got a few years in jail and apparently a job as a ward boy in another hospital. The question is, how & why?
— Ashwin Mushran (@ashwinmushran) May 18, 2015