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NHS Doctor: Starving Alfie Evans to Death ‘Is Not the Killing of A Child,’ It’s Just ‘Redirecting...
CNS NEWS ^ | April 27, 2018 | Craig Bannister

Posted on 04/28/2018 2:07:44 PM PDT by Morgana

FULL TITLE: NHS Doctor: Starving Alfie Evans to Death ‘Is Not the Killing of A Child,’ It’s Just ‘Redirecting Care’

Forcing 23 month-old Alfie Evans to die by starvation “is not killing,” Dr. Ranj Singh argued on U.K.’s “This Morning” ITV program Friday, Express reports.

Withdrawing life-support and refusing to allow Alfie’s parents to take him home, feed and care for him, is, instead merely “redirecting care,” Dr. Singh said:

“This is not the killing of a child - this is redirecting care to make them more comfortable.”

In Alfie’s case, redirecting care to make him “more comfortable” means denying him food, water and life support. Dr. Singh doubled down on his claim, framing the withdrawal of life support as a way to make patients more comfortable and give them "the most dignifying life”:

“Withdrawing life support is not killing someone. It is redirecting care to make them more comfortable and give them the most dignifying life that you can.”

Dr. Singh also said pro-life Alfie supporters outside the Alder Hey Hospital protesting to save Alfie’s life are behaving “disgustingly”:

“There’s a small proportion who have - I will say it - behaved disgustingly.”

Dr. Singh is a clinical technician who works for the U.K.’s government-run health care system, National Health Service (NHS), which fought, and won, in court to end Alfie’s life.


TOPICS: Health/Medicine
KEYWORDS: alfieevans; docranjsingh; prolife; terrislist
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To: Morgana

judge Greer bump


41 posted on 04/28/2018 3:29:38 PM PDT by novemberslady
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I have not forgotten what you did


42 posted on 04/28/2018 3:31:49 PM PDT by novemberslady
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To: McGavin999

Also, think of the way television changed the dynamics of family life and social life, in the way we disengaged from each other to concentrate on the programming. Before t.v., there was radio, but it’s possible to interact with others while listening to the radio, but it is NOT possible to engage with others, while your eyes AND ears AND attention are glued to the t.v..


43 posted on 04/28/2018 3:32:59 PM PDT by Flaming Conservative ((Pray without ceasing))
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To: Morgana

Redirecting care to abortion and aids treatments.


44 posted on 04/28/2018 3:33:12 PM PDT by I want the USA back (*slam is a political movement that hides behind the illusion of religion.)
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To: Morgana

Can we withdraw all good and water from this yob?


45 posted on 04/28/2018 3:34:05 PM PDT by Nifster (I see puppy dogs in the clouds)
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To: Mrs. Don-o

The Hindus I have known have a profound respect for fate. Fate requires one not to intervene.


46 posted on 04/28/2018 3:35:05 PM PDT by Chickensoup (Leftists today are speaking as if they plan to commence to commit genocide against conservatives.)
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To: LIConFem

This guy is most likely from India. Life doesn’t mean much there


47 posted on 04/28/2018 3:37:32 PM PDT by Nifster (I see puppy dogs in the clouds)
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To: Morgana

This is so very wrong and sad.


48 posted on 04/28/2018 3:37:50 PM PDT by trisham (Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
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To: Morgana

Margaret Sanger would be proud of this weeding of the population. He could easily run in the DNC.


49 posted on 04/28/2018 3:39:57 PM PDT by bray (Pray for President Trump)
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To: savedbygrace

Husband and I said just that this morning.....

Dear Lord, welcome Alfie into Your realm, and hold his parents close, in Your loving embrace.

Tatt


50 posted on 04/28/2018 3:40:12 PM PDT by thesearethetimes... (Had I brought Christ with me, the outcome would have been different. Dr.Eric Cunningham)
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To: Morgana
I'm not posting this to be contentious or rub salt in anybody's wounds because I feel terrible about Little Alfie and his parents' agony, too.

But somebody posted about this about conservative hypocrisy (???) saying it's Cruz's state and Bush signed the law (it is the law but don't know if that is true), and I remember when it happened, felt bad for the baby and mother.

http://www.foxnews.com/story/2005/03/24/plight-5-month-old-sun-hudson.html - The Plight of 5-Month-Old Sun Hudson

Partial transcript. The condition of the child was different.

51 posted on 04/28/2018 3:41:10 PM PDT by Aliska
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To: Morgana

Denial of hydration, in addition to denial of nutrition, causes a particularly agonizing death.


52 posted on 04/28/2018 3:42:12 PM PDT by luvbach1 (I hope Trump runs roughshod over the inevitable obstuctionists, Dems, progs, libs, or RINOs!)
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To: Morgana

Or you could call it a “death panel”.


53 posted on 04/28/2018 3:45:29 PM PDT by Vince Ferrer
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To: factoryrat

He is Sikh


54 posted on 04/28/2018 3:47:38 PM PDT by Nifster (I see puppy dogs in the clouds)
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To: Morgana
How do you even begin to cite “care” as being the reason to starve someone to death? These people are sick!
55 posted on 04/28/2018 3:48:22 PM PDT by liberalh8ter (The only difference between flash mob 'urban yutes' and U.S. politicians is the hoodies.)
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To: Morgana

What a horrible murder this was. How do these wretched people sleep at night?

They make me sick.


56 posted on 04/28/2018 3:50:16 PM PDT by The Deplorable Miss Lemon (If illegals are here to do the jobs Americans won't do why are so many illegals on welfare?)
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To: Nifster

“He is Sikh.”

No he is not, he is a monster!! May the day come when he is starved to death.


57 posted on 04/28/2018 3:54:03 PM PDT by The Deplorable Miss Lemon (If illegals are here to do the jobs Americans won't do why are so many illegals on welfare?)
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To: Morgana

Someone needs to give Dr Singh “the most dignifying life”.

Alfie had a chance with actual medical care but you, Dr Singh, decided to murder the child instead.


58 posted on 04/28/2018 4:01:56 PM PDT by LeoTDB69
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To: Morgana

I thought Sikh people were better than that.


59 posted on 04/28/2018 4:03:40 PM PDT by ScottinVA ( Liberals, go find another country.)
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To: ScottinVA

People are people regardless of race, creed or religion. They are individuals responsible for their individual actions.


60 posted on 04/28/2018 4:07:25 PM PDT by BipolarBob (All governments suffer a recurring problem: Power attracts pathological personalities.)
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