A friend and Vietnam Vet died recently. He suffered a series of strokes after several battles with cancer. The nursing staff in the local, rural hospital where he was kept took notice of the DNR on his wrist and persistently refused to intubate his trach, empty his urine bag, pick him up from the floor when he fell, or feed him. He died suffering from abject neglect. This is a far more common reaction to DNR status than extraordinary life saving measures.
That is sad and ghastly. Hospice might be a better option; one thing they don’t do is neglect.
If true, it had nothing to do with his DNR.