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Originally Posted by Anonymouse
My mum died in an NHS hospital. She had a stroke initially, and we were told to prepare for the worst. We did. Then she rallied a bit, and I actually had a very coherent conversation with her one day before I had to leave for work; we actually thought she might recover.
But she had a relapse, and we spent most of the next three days at her bedside; she died in her sleep. Had she been sent home by the ghouls who are proposing this draconian measure, my sisters and I might never have had a chance to at least be there with her when she went; one sister would have been at home with her family, and the other sister and I would have been at work.
SO DON'T TELL ME "IT MAKES NO DIFFERENCE", RIGHT?!
It can make all the difference, at least to friends and family. If such patients receive treatment, at least they can die without pain and hopefully with a little dignity.
Besides, in 30, 40, 50 years' time (whatever), you will be in their position. Let's see if you still think the same way then.
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Just out of interest, why wouldn't you all be at your mother's bedside in her own home?
What was it about the hospital which stopped your sister being with her familiy, and you and your other sister from going to work that your mother being at home wouldn't have stopped?