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A sugar coated poison pill for Victoria : Comments
By Paul Russell, published 10/6/2016Sadly, however, the committee seems intent that, for those who cannot access such palliative care, being made dead is an option.
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Yes I believe their should be choice, if its available as would be in a living will? I also believe routinely overdosing a patient with a lethal dose of opioids ought to be decriminalized.
I'm against charge nurses making life or death decisions that are seemingly signed off on by a registered doctor, who've never seen the patient?
As accepted custom? It's more common than most folks would allow themselves to believe!?
Things I've seen and can give eye witness accounts of, include an elderly lady, long time friend and former freedom fighter, who risked everything many times over, helping Australian POW's escape, being euthanized, without so much as by your leave or ceremony!
I was advised that it happens as accepted daily routine, as a clinical overdose given by an attending nurse with a key to a cabinet of oft times lethal drugs. And I was not Family!
I've seen dogs put down with more regret and less icy professionalism than I witnessed that day.
Then there was very valuable property owner, Bill, an MD and former Japanese POW, being bullied into a home far from family and friends.
Not everyone in attendance was silent. A senior nurse put her four bobs worth in, saying, you'll like it there Bill, they have a lovely duck pond! "PRIORITIES"!?
Another younger nurse just shook her head continually repeating, this's not right!
The two Ambos, who were going to provide transport, allegedly received a phone call summoning them to an emergency that disappeared, but only after Bill finally gave his grudging consent. Given a Nephew in law with power of attorney and a beneficiary was very definitely in the yes camp.
If there's money available to subsidize quite grossly profitable "private" health care, it should be diverted to provide far superior, more deserving outcomes than these eyewitness accounts!
A little and missing objectivity and less shooting the messenger would be useful Ladies!
Alan B.