Wednesday, September 9, 2009

Daughter claims father wrongly placed on controversial NHS end of life scheme

A woman says her father Eric Troake, who entered hospital after suffering a stroke, had fluid and drugs withdrawn and she claims doctors wanted to put him on morphine until he passed away under a scheme for dying patients called the Liverpool Care Pathway. Rosemary Munkenbeck said her father, who previously said he wanted to live until he was 100, has now said he wants to die after being deprived of fluids for five days. Telegraph

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