Learning Disabilities? Do Not Resuscitate!
Shocking revelations expose dark side of U.K.’s NHS directive.
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Bishops ‘Distressed’ by DNR Orders for Intellectually Disabled COVID-19 Patients
Bishop Moth called it “wholly unacceptable and immoral to suggest that the challenges which some people with learning disabilities face with communicating symptoms” would be cause for a DNR order.
Catholic Doctor Calls for Independent Inquiry into DNR Notices for COVID-19 Patients with Learning Disabilities
The U.K., which has a population of 67 million, has the fifth-highest recorded COVID-19 death toll in the world after the United States, Brazil, Mexico, and India.
New York Bishops Welcome Rollback of State's DNR Order
Despite the order to not resuscitate patients in cardiac arrest, the New York City Fire Department (FDNY) never changed their policy and its paramedics continued to provide 20 minutes of attempted resuscitation.
