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(UK) Dying hospital patient phoned switchboard begging for a drink after nurses said No
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Posted on 03/29/2010 4:41:03 AM PDT by cycle of discernment

Dying hospital patient phoned switchboard begging for a drink after nurses said No

By Liz Hull 29th March 2010

A patient desperate for a drink of water had to telephone the switchboard of the hospital he was being treated in to beg to see a doctor.

Derek Sauter, 60, used his mobile phone to request medical attention after his pleas for help were ignored.

But when the doctor arrived he was turned away by ward nurse Caroline Lowe, who said Mr Sauter was 'over-reacting' and threatened to confiscate his phone.

Eight hours later the grandfather-of-three, who was suffering with a chest infection, was dead.

Rather than offering sympathy to Susan, Mr Sauter's wife of 41 years, Miss Lowe later told her that he could have been prosecuted for harassing the doctor on call.

'My father went into hospital for a routine chest infection, but never came out,' said Miss Sauter, of Thurrock, Essex.

He was admitted to a ward and given intravenous antibiotics and oxygen, but at 8.30pm he telephoned Mrs Sauter, a midwife, in distress claiming nurses were refusing to give him any water because he had accidentally knocked over the first cup he had been given.

A note scrawled by Mr Sauter and discovered by his family after his death said: 'Asked for a jug of water at 6pm and again at 8.30, told to wait for handover. Said I knocked cup of water on floor.'

Some time between 9.30pm and 11.30pm Mr Sauter was moved to a side room where there was no monitoring equipment and, although he was supposed to be checked every four hours, no observations on his condition were made.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Front Page News; Government; Politics/Elections; United Kingdom
KEYWORDS: carolinelowe; deathcare; dereksauter; healthcare; moralabsolutes; nhs; obamacare; prolife; socialisthealthcare; socializedmedicine
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1 posted on 03/29/2010 4:41:04 AM PDT by cycle of discernment
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To: cycle of discernment

Medicare.....


2 posted on 03/29/2010 4:43:43 AM PDT by Sacajaweau (What)
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To: cycle of discernment

Obamacare.....


3 posted on 03/29/2010 4:49:20 AM PDT by Gator113 (I do not want Obama just IMPEACHED... I want him IMPRISONED. Are we there yet? 2010-2012)
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4 posted on 03/29/2010 4:50:04 AM PDT by edpc (Those Lefties just ain't right)
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To: cycle of discernment

turned Doc away?

5 posted on 03/29/2010 4:50:41 AM PDT by Doogle (USAF.68-73..8th TFW Ubon Thailand..never store a threat you should have eliminated)
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To: cycle of discernment

“The New America.” Coming soon to a hospital near you.


6 posted on 03/29/2010 4:51:04 AM PDT by Brouhaha
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To: cycle of discernment

Criminal


7 posted on 03/29/2010 4:51:13 AM PDT by taxcontrol
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To: cycle of discernment
I'm sure this incident will force NHS to implement a much needed new policy.

A note scrawled by Mr Sauter and discovered by his family after his death said: 'Asked for a jug of water at 6pm and again at 8.30, told to wait for handover. Said I knocked cup of water on floor.'

From now on, all dead patients will be searched for notes left to relatives. If these notes complain about NHS treatment they will be promptly destroyed.

8 posted on 03/29/2010 4:51:14 AM PDT by KarlInOhio (Obamacare: The 2010 version of the Intolerable Acts.)
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To: cycle of discernment

This is outrageous and appears to be a trend. Sad.


9 posted on 03/29/2010 4:52:21 AM PDT by JDW11235 (I think I got it now!)
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To: Doogle

A nurse turned a doctor away?

Most docs I know would have kicked her stupid nursing school only butt.


10 posted on 03/29/2010 4:55:22 AM PDT by mom4melody
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To: mom4melody

..socialized medicine


11 posted on 03/29/2010 4:56:05 AM PDT by Doogle (USAF.68-73..8th TFW Ubon Thailand..never store a threat you should have eliminated)
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To: cycle of discernment

The truly sad part is this is not an isolated incident. These type stories appear in the UK and Canadian press outlets daily and this type of “Post Office” health care is what our Congress just voted for.......Remember in November!


12 posted on 03/29/2010 5:02:23 AM PDT by Thermalseeker (Stop the insanity - Flush Congress!)
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To: cycle of discernment
And the Americans have voted for a NHS just like ours!!!!!!!!!!!!

One of the comments further down the page.

13 posted on 03/29/2010 5:10:52 AM PDT by Timocrat
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This wouldn’t bother the zero administration - probably not a rat voter, and now he wouldn’t need social security. One must think of the good of the state rather than specific people /s.....well except those in power and those who can be depended on to keep voting to keep them in power.


14 posted on 03/29/2010 5:12:41 AM PDT by Aria ( "The US republic will endure until Congress discovers it can bribe the public with the people's $.")
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To: cycle of discernment
Just curious, but where was the man's family during this incident?

This man didn't die of thirst in a matter of a few hours.

If the family left him there, knowing how bad the attendents were, they are almost as complacent in the man's death as the nurses.

Maybe I'm unusual, but when my wife was in the hospital in this country she was not left alone by me, or my mother-in-law.
15 posted on 03/29/2010 5:14:09 AM PDT by RangerM (A liberal is a man too broadminded to take his own side in a quarrel - Robert Frost.)
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To: Doogle

So that’s where the race of Morlocks got their start. Nasty!


16 posted on 03/29/2010 5:23:11 AM PDT by thecabal (Destroy Progressivism)
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To: JDW11235

Yes, yes, but I’m sure the NHS learned a valuable lesson from this.


17 posted on 03/29/2010 5:24:06 AM PDT by thecabal (Destroy Progressivism)
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To: RangerM
Just curious, but where was the man's family during this incident?

Probably working two or three jobs in order to pay for the ridiculously high taxes they have support their NHS. Remember, the average European lives below what would be considered the poverty level here. Gas is over $7/gallon in most of Europe in addition to high sales taxes, VAT tax, etc.

Every time I've visited western Europe I found myself asking "How did these people allow themselves to get into a situation like this?" For someone who dearly loves freedom it is a very sad sight......

18 posted on 03/29/2010 5:50:06 AM PDT by Thermalseeker (Stop the insanity - Flush Congress!)
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To: RangerM
Just curious, but where was the man's family during this incident?

From the article...

"She had not been able to see him before because the events had happened outside of visiting hours"
19 posted on 03/29/2010 6:13:59 AM PDT by chrisser (Starve the Monkeys!)
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Ah yes, because when it is a private company providing a service, they let your family sit by your side, as most likely the family are the ones paying the bills.

When it is a government facility, there are strict “visiting hours”, not to be excessive or exceeded.

20 posted on 03/29/2010 6:19:34 AM PDT by allmendream (Income is EARNED not distributed. So how could it be re-distributed?)
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