2022-08-21
Case Study of a 90 yr old man who died in hospital: Eric Levy.
"How on earth does a patient ... who's voluntarily admitted themselves (due to a bang on the head) for a routine check-up, end up unable to discharge themselves from their hospital, being deemed incapable of making the decision to discharge themselves, being put on an end-of-life "care pathway" which includes the nil-by-mouth protocol, not being fed solid food ... eventually leading to their passing away?"
There are legal steps here which we may all feel it wise to take well before we are taken to hospital, if we wish to retain control over our own fate.
(98 minutes)
