When Nighbert fell ill the nursing home followed the orders of the DPA and denied her food and water for two weeks. But then something unexpected happened: She asked to be fed. A court battle ensued, and the court ultimately upheld the nursing home's decision to deny Nighbert food and water. According to the judge, Nighbert was not competent to ask for food, and to give her food would constitute "extraordinary means." Nighbert died on April 6, 1995.
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I suppose the judge thought a person asking for nourishment after being denied it for two weeks was just an "involuntary reflex".
Any excuse to continue the murder once its been set into motion. :(
“Marjorie Nighbert, a 76-year-old Florida woman, was hospitalized in 1996 after a stroke. Before her hospital admission, she signed an advance directive that no 'heroic measures' should be employed to save her life. On the basis of that directive and at the request of her family, the hospital denied her requests for food and water … Until her death more than 10 days later, Nighbert was restrained in her bed to prevent her raiding other patients’ food trays.”
The Washington Post National Weekly Edition, January 13, 1997, page 23.
Nighbert died while an appeal in her case was pending.