Dan Mitchell | Another British Healthcare Horror Story ...

Posted on October 21 2012 - 10:00 AM - Posted by: Doug Brady | Follow Doug on Twitter!

Paul Krugman assured us back in 2009 that, ?In Britain, the government itself runs the hospitals and employs the doctors. We?ve all heard scare stories about how that works in practice; these stories are false.?

If that?s the case, then the British press is filled with liars who deliberately make up horror stories about their nation?s healthcare system, as you can see here, here, here,?here,?here,?here,?here,?here,?here,?here, here and?here.

We now have another nightmare to add to this list. Here are some of the horrific details from the UK-based Daily Mail.

An elderly woman died alone after doctors failed to tell relatives they were ending her life on the controversial Liverpool Care Pathway. Olive Goom, 85, passed away with no one by her side after medics neglected to consult with her family about her treatment at Chelsea and Westminster Hospital. ?As Miss Goom lay dying alone, staff reassured relatives on the phone just hours before her death that there was no urgent need to visit ? even though doctors had already removed tubes providing vital food and fluids. Her family discovered that she had died only when her niece went to visit her and found she was already being prepared for the mortuary. They said last night that they will never be able to stop feeling guilty that no one was there in her final hours. The Mail has been contacted by several families who claim that relatives were put on the Liverpool Care Pathway ? the controversial system designed to ease the suffering of the dying in their final hours ? without any consultation. Some said they found out that their relatives were on the pathway only after they happened to read their medical notes; and by that time it was too late.

Keep in mind, by the way, that the Liverpool Care Pathway is sort of akin to the IPAB ?death panel? in Obamacare.

More.

Source: http://conservatives4palin.com/2012/10/dan-mitchell-another-british-healthcare-horror-story.html

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