An Indian nurse who was in a vegetative state for 42 years after being raped by a hospital ward attendant while on duty has died.

Aruna Shanbaug was left with severe brain damage and paralysed after her rape in a Mumbai hospital in 1973.

She was kept alive by being fed through her nose but developed pneumonia six days ago, a hospital spokesman told the BBC.

Her case sparked a debate in India about its euthanasia laws.
(BBC)