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The Liverpool Care Pathway is Applied to Babies as Well as Terminally Ill and Elderly

~ Pharmer

Great Britain is killing about 130,000 HHS patients per year using the Liverpool Care Pathway, which is really a program to more quickly end the life of patients who are considered hopeless.

The article below, from the Daily Mail is a must click, because it gives a view from the health care professionals who have witnessed the Liverpool Care Pathway in action.  One doctor reveals that the parents of  children with severe illnesses are often pressured into accepting the Liverpool pathway.  They hope for a rapid, humane death for their babies, but wind up watching them shrivel away from starvation and dehydration over a period which averages 10 days duration.

This manner of ending human lives is essential for cost containment in government run health systems.   Read more about it below.

Now sick babies go on death pathway: Doctor’s haunting testimony reveals how children are put on end-of-life plan | Mail Online.

Another Blast to UK Healthcare fromThe Daily Mail

~ Pharmer

Pharmer is NOT a fan of allowing patients to die of dehydration, when it can be helped,  because it’s a very  uncomfortable way to go.

That appears to be the way  22 year old Kane Gorney, suffering from brain cancer,  left this world, and the the Westminster Coroner’s Court has referred the case to the Police Serious Crimes Decision.

It appears from the sketchy medical description that the brain tumor had an effect on the patient’s hypothalamic and pituitary function, to regulate hormone production, fluid and electrolyte balance.  A significant portion of the staff appears to have lacked  sufficient familiarity with the patient’s history to understand this, and administer the meds and fluids to address this problem.

Nearing the  end, the bedridden Mr. Gorny called the police to request a drink.

St George’s Hospital of Tooting South London is now under investigation, as it appears to be a case of severe medical neglect.

Neglected by ‘lazy’ nurses, Kane Gorny, 22, dying of thirst rang the police to beg for water | Mail Online.

From the Pharm, it appears that the severe burnout inherent in the socialized medical system has induced  pervasive hopelessness and helplessness among  health care providers,  as well as their patients. The UK is now caught  in an downward spiralling “whack a mole” cycle.