[the scotsman]

‘guess doctors will start writing prescriptions for water....like they do in UK to prevent forced dehydration of patents.’

Bollocks.

[RetiredTexasVet]

A bit testy, aren’t we?

[expat1000]

‘guess doctors will start writing prescriptions for water....like they do in UK to prevent forced dehydration of patents.’

Bollocks.

Check your facts first, mate.

How hundreds of patients are dying of thirst in hospital: The story of a 22-year-old who died in hospital from dehydration shocked Britain. But his tragedy is horrifyingly common

When Kane, in desperation, rang 999 on his mobile, a policeman who responded to his call witnessed him shouting repeatedly to the nursing staff: ‘Can I have some water?’

Dehydration was a contributory factor in the deaths of 816 hospital patients in England and Wales in 2009, according to the Office for National Statistics — ‘a terrible indictment of the NHS’, said Katherine Murphy of the Patients’ Association

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Patients starve and die of thirst on hospital wards

The records, from the Office for National Statistics, follow a series of scandals of care of the elderly, with doctors forced to prescribe patients with drinking water or put them on drips to make sure they do not become severely dehydrated .