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Media, Culture, Journalism, 'Coma', Mental Capacity, Ethics, Law, End-of-Life decisions. Professor @CardiffJomec, co-director @cdocUK, Cardiff University.
May 10, 2021 39 tweets 8 min read
At a Court of Protection hearing today, before Mr Justice Keehan, I listened to doctors report on how they’d given ‘futile’ & ‘’burdensome’ treatment to a dying man over many weeks. It was like listening to a story of medical torture. #EOLC #NotSecretCourt The patient, “KM”, in his 50s, was admitted to hospital on 19 Jan with breathlessness & chest pain after long haul flight. It was a pulmonary embolism. Clots reached his heart. He then had a cardiac arrest. Then tested positive for Covid. He has severe & irreversible lung damage.