(UK) Dying hospital patient phoned switchboard begging for a drink after nurses said No

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[cycle of discernment]

Dying hospital patient phoned switchboard begging for a drink after nurses said No

By Liz Hull 29th March 2010

A patient desperate for a drink of water had to telephone the switchboard of the hospital he was being treated in to beg to see a doctor.

Derek Sauter, 60, used his mobile phone to request medical attention after his pleas for help were ignored.

But when the doctor arrived he was turned away by ward nurse Caroline Lowe, who said Mr Sauter was 'over-reacting' and threatened to confiscate his phone.

Eight hours later the grandfather-of-three, who was suffering with a chest infection, was dead.

Rather than offering sympathy to Susan, Mr Sauter's wife of 41 years, Miss Lowe later told her that he could have been prosecuted for harassing the doctor on call.

'My father went into hospital for a routine chest infection, but never came out,' said Miss Sauter, of Thurrock, Essex.

He was admitted to a ward and given intravenous antibiotics and oxygen, but at 8.30pm he telephoned Mrs Sauter, a midwife, in distress claiming nurses were refusing to give him any water because he had accidentally knocked over the first cup he had been given.

A note scrawled by Mr Sauter and discovered by his family after his death said: 'Asked for a jug of water at 6pm and again at 8.30, told to wait for handover. Said I knocked cup of water on floor.'

Some time between 9.30pm and 11.30pm Mr Sauter was moved to a side room where there was no monitoring equipment and, although he was supposed to be checked every four hours, no observations on his condition were made.

[floriduh voter]

Terri Schiavo's mother Mary begged Judge George Greer on national television for an ICE CHIP. Terri Schiavo didn't even have an ice chip or anything at all for almost two weeks. There's a picture of Mary doing this on line someplace. That was the only presser Mary had. Mary's only presser was to beg for water for Terri.

CHARLIE CRIST "let their daughter die." FR thread

[floriduh voter]

photo essay TERRI SCHIAVO’s last stand against federal, state and local govt, civil rights dept., judicial system. They ALL KILLED HER. Terri was our First Sanctioned Death Panel.

http://www.foxnews.com/photoessay/0,4644,336,00.html

[floriduh voter]

Never mind. Those jpegs were 5 years old. Looks like Fox deleted the photo essay.

[BykrBayb]

Thanks for that link. Here it is, as recorded by Wayback Machine, on February 12, 2007:

Life or Death Struggle
The Battle for Terri Schiavo

March 23: A clerk with the 11th Circuit Court delivers copies of the ruling to reporters in Atlanta.

March 22: Protesters gather in the Florida Capitol to show support for Terri Schiavo in Tallahassee.

March 22: Mary Schindler pleads for Terri's life during a news conference at the Woodside Hospice.

March 21: Bob Schindler, Terri Schiavo's father, speaks to reporters at the Woodside Hospice.

March 21: House Speaker Dennis Hastert ends an emergency session for debate on Terri Schiavo.

March 20: President Bush arrives in D.C. to sign emergency legislation regarding Terri Schiavo.

March 20: Mary Schindler visits her daughter, Terri Schiavo, at the Woodside Hospice in Pinellas Park, Fla.

March 17: A truck covered in signs in support of Terri Schiavo drives by the Woodside Hospice.

March 16: Demonstrators cover their mouths with tape during a news conference outside the Woodside Hospice.

March 16: An activist reads the bible outside the Woodside Hospice, where Terri Schiavo is a patient.

Feb. 23: Bob and Mary Schindler, parents of Terri Schiavo, listen during an emergency hearing in Clearwater, Fla.

Terri Schiavo is shown in an Aug. 11, 2001, video released by her family.

Terri Schiavo, center, is shown in an undated family photo with her parents, Mary and Bob Schindler.

An undated photo shows Terri Schiavo.

[floriduh voter]

Yeppers. President Bush 43 went downhill after he chose the party over Terri’s life.

[floriduh voter]

Thanks for the photos, BB. Terri's Gulfport Celebration of Life was the most historic memorial service I've ever attended. Fr. Pavone, Bobby Schindler showing us Terri's Purple Heart given to their family by a veteran, Glenn Beck spoke as well. THE MEDIA HAD TO STAY OUTSIDE.

Father Pavone said something about Judge Greer being judged someday and people were cheering and applauding. It was a lighter moment during the service.

"Justice is mine, sayeth the Lord."

[sitetest]

And this is what the anti-Christ Obama wants for us.

[Del Rapier]

When I was a soldier in Iraq,we helped out as many of the Iraqis as we could.

It was never the enemy,it was never a question of sitting on our butts or doing nothing.

We were in close contact with them and we did what could to be there for them.