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FERRIER V's avatar

You get the impression that you're reading the same testimony over and over again, so similar are these terrible stories. They used the same 'tricks' everywhere, the same dirty tricks to deceive the families. This DNCPR issue is central. In France too, this "do not resuscitate" status has been used and distorted from its original meaning since Covid. Many thanks to all those who have chosen to testify. It is through their stories that the truth is constructed.

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Amat's avatar

What I find very frightening is that the NHS has already adopted the mindset that the mentally and physically vulnerable should be assessed as to whether it is worthwhile to give them any medical intervention at all, not because they are terminally ill but because they are judged as requiring too much medical or nursing care. It can be done through the frailty scale or any other assessment tool with no consent needed from the individual or their family, covid has been a clear example of how ruthless they can be. What will happen if the assisted dying bill is passed? Will they be "helped" or "nudged" by the same system to see this as another path they could take to end their problems.

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