Friday, January 09, 2009

Starved to death in an NHS hospital: Damning inquiry highlights case of patient left without food for 26 days




The Daily Mail reports on England's socialist health care:
A vulnerable patient starved to death in an NHS hospital after 26 days without proper nourishment.

Martin Ryan, 43, had suffered a stroke which left him unable to swallow.

But a 'total breakdown in communication' meant he was never fitted with a feeding tube. It was one of a number of horrific cases where the NHS fatally failed patients with learning difficulties, a health watchdog is expected to rule later this month.
Great moments in socialist health care.