Hospital trust in Margate apologises to family of Andrew Waters for breaching his human rights by listing condition among reasons for DNR orderA hospital that listed a patient’s learning disability among reasons for putting a “effect not resuscitate” order on his medical file has apologised for breaching his human rights. Relatives of Andrew Waters,who had Down’s syndrome, and his carers were not told that medics at Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother hospital in Margate, or Kent,had made the order in 2011, and learned of it by accident after he had been discharged. Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com