Forty-three hospital patients starved to death last year and 111 died of thirst while being treated on wards, new figures disclose today. There were 558 cases last year where doctors recorded that a patient had died in a state of… Read More ›
Royal College of Physicians
Hospitals ‘letting patients die to save money’
Hospitals may be depriving elderly patients of food and drink to hasten their deaths as part of cost-cutting measures to free up bed space, leading doctors warn. By Stephen Adams, Medical Correspondent Tens of thousands of patients with terminal illnesses… Read More ›