[wagglebee]

According to the Times Online, physician David Maisley testified last month at the inquest into Mrs. Nockel’s death that he witnessed people die of dehydration at the hospital “all the time—two or three times a week.”

This is totally inhumane.

[wagglebee]

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[GeronL]

Non-voluntary euthanasia is said to be very common.

The NHS only has so many dollars, I mean euros and they have hundreds of thousands of immigrants to take care of after all.

[stands2reason]

"Living will? Who needs it? We do this all the time..."

Coming to a hospital near you....

[shield]

This happens ALL THE TIME in the USA. Maybe not in hospitals, through hospice at homes. The doc gives the order to pull the IV's, to dehydrate the patient to death.

[FormerACLUmember]

Socialized (democrat party) style health care. In other news, the UK is seeking a a 19-week minimum wait for in-patient admission and 10 weeks for out-patient admission.

They call this "euthanasia by queue."

[thoughtomator]

At least he was euphoric in his final moments.

(do I need to sarc tag?)

[wagglebee]

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[tioga]

It doesn't give his age.....I can't imagine the hospital not honoring the family's request to be treated. That is a cruel way to kill someone.

[TheSarce]

Ping...

[Malsua]

Some people are going to have to be killed violently before these issues are settled.

If you can't put a dog down this way, why is it allowable for a human?

[MD_Willington_1976]

My great grandmother died of an infection, Dr's refused to prescribe penicillin because she was 108 years old... to old for the worlds oldest cheapest antibiotic... probably saved the tax payer $5...

[wideminded]

Through a number of circumstances a close family friend with was temporarily placed in a state hospital ward that was caring for people with severe dementia. I went to visit him there. When I arrived he was lying in a reclining chair and seemed barely able to talk to me. This did not stand out from the condition of the other people there. But it seemed odd to me because I knew that although he had some problems he had not previously been so totally out of it. A doctor told me that his state was just due the medications he had been taking which made him drowsy. Right after this a nurse whispered in my ear that I had every right to make sure my friend was seen at a hospital. I insisted and he was seen at the emergency room. It turned out that he had been severely dehydrated and could have died if I hadn't shown up just then.

[Malacoda]

But how could that be? We've got judges, attorneys and doctors in Florida that say starving/dehydrating is a perfectly peaceful -- nay, euphoric! -- way to go!

[trisham]

“We trusted, and he trusted,” says Mrs. Speed, “that the hospital would treat him well, instead of which there was a catalogue of error and apathy that led to his death, unless of course, there had been a decision, which I had no share in, that his life should no longer be preserved.”

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This story is heartbreaking.

After personal experience with hospitals, I no longer trust those who administer "care". It's crucial for anyone who has a loved one hospitalized to be involved and questioning of treatment.

[LifeOrGoods?]

Can't trust doctors anymore.