Posted on 03/30/2016 3:50:41 AM PDT by DFG
This is a massive evil in the health care system.
It only takes one bad apple to carry out a murder spree. Often they were caught only if someone did a statistical analysis of caregivers and patients, which made it glaringly obvious that one particular doctor or nurse was systematically killing patients.
This was then.
http://listverse.com/2013/09/16/10-serial-killing-nurses/
Today, euthanasia has opened the floodgate. In the UK alone estimates are as high as 30,000 homicides a year, mostly by starvation, as it costs less. Often they are not voluntary, go against the written wishes of the patient, and the family are not notified ahead of time.
And the political left want that here, likely on a much grander scale.
I suppose it is ironic that in the UK, the infamous serial killing Dr. Harold Shipman (218 killed) was just ahead of his time. Were he to practice there today, he would be a lightweight compared to some of the murderous doctors and nurses still carrying out their deadly art.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harold_Shipman
He was only caught when he got greedy for the money of his victims.
I have been an RN for 11 years. I fight death nightly and I usually win but I have seen death come to countless people. I’ve seen it some slowly. I’ve seen it come suddenly. I have seen it come for the old and for the young, for mothers, fathers, sons and daughters. I know a thing or two about death and dying but I don’t know what you think you know that warrants allowing people to suffer unnecessarily. I’m not defending the individual in the OP btw, I’m just suggesting that this subject isn’t as black and white as some seem to think.
YUP! Took care of Mom. Alzhiemer's, blind, osteoperosis to the point her spine was just about powder. Had to inject her twice daily to fight clots. I'm in no way religious, but once the cheyne stokes started, I prayed for God to take her. Took two more days.
Agreed.
I’ve heard all the stories, and yes, there are some killer nurses out there.
However, hospice is where you find compassionate end-of-life specialists. No one I have ever met in that aspect of healthcare would ever consider assisting a suicide or committing homicide by euthanasia.
I’ll aggressively control symptoms, but I’ll NEVER “push someone out”.
I have to meet my Maker one day....
See private reply, some things I don’t drag into public view.
I’m sorry. I lost my mother to cancer. It was the hardest thing I ever had to deal with. 10 years later it still hurts. I imagine the only thing worse would be losing a wife or child.
The vast, overwhelming majority of caregivers are very honorable and try their level best to give good care. But a “wolf in the fold” is as bad as a teacher who molests, for harming the reputation of the group.
Incidentally, just today:
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-35933197
In conversations with various EMT’s I’ve generally come to the conclusion that if your condition is absolutely hopeless there is a significant percentage of them who will not force you to stick around in senseless agony, and Lord bless every one of them.
Hospices face this situation almost daily - Mrs. Dementia goes into a coma with half her organs failing and she’s already on enough pills that she rattles when she walks, when she CAN walk at all. None of her family contacts on record can be reached. What to do? Rack up an ungodly medical bill on the faint chance she comes back to ‘normal’, which for her is a 5-minute memory due to severe Alzheimer’s and wheezing for every breath...or bump the morphine up a notch and let the poor soul pack up for heaven already?
My dad in March was dying from Alzheimer’s. He was bedridden and had not eaten in a few days and only had sponge water on his mouth. It was clear to the hospice people he was dying. The day before he passed, though he couldn’t speak and was usually happy or content, he groaned in obvious pain. The organs, as they dehydrate, hurt. Of course we increased his morphine so he didn’t have to feel the pain. I am grateful for the morphine.
I hope no nurses are atheists, if that is the “prevent” control.
What about ICU for a yo=yo patient on dialysis?
This is why I would never want to send a loved one to a hospice.
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