Posted on 08/31/2009 8:39:00 AM PDT by WhiteCastle
Patients in Health Service hospitals are far more likely to go hungry than criminals in jail, scientists warned yesterday. They say frail and elderly patients do not get the help they need with meals, and nobody checks whether they get enough to eat. Despite years of Government promises to tackle poor hospital nutrition, food still arrives cold, and patients often miss out because meal times clash with tests and operations.
The Daily Mail has been highlighting the scandal of old people not being fed properly in hospital as part of its Dignity for the Elderly campaign
The latest figures show 242 patients died of malnutrition in NHS hospitals in 2007 - the highest toll in a decade. More than 8,000 left hospital under-nourished - double the figure when Labour came to power.
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The British way of Schiavoing a patient.
A sadly relevant comparison, the way things are shaping up.
The Daily Mail has been doing a heck of a job. It must really be hated by the liberals and statists. Whats its circulation?
The United Kingdom used to be a First World nation.
“The United Kingdom used to be a First World nation.”
The British Empire used to BE “the civilized world”.
More relevent than you know - used to be in a british prison, either your family brought you food, or you starved to death.
Looks like their hospitals now have this policy...
they’re one of the biggest newspapers in the UK, they have a right-wing editorial line. like in the US left wing cr#p doesn’t make money...
good for them!
Maybe that's why they're so soft on Jihadis: they'd never stand for that.
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