Veteran aged 101 given 'Do Not Resuscitate' notice during pandemic… because ... trends now
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The widespread use of ‘Do Not Resuscitate’ notices during the pandemic was ‘chilling’ and older people felt like they had been ‘written off’, a charity boss has said.
The Scottish Covid Inquiry yesterday heard how people had repeatedly refused DNRs only to later discover one had been put in place.
It was claimed patients would find forms in hospital discharge notes with details of fictional conversations about DNRs.
Adam Stachura, of Age Scotland, revealed his charity had been swamped with calls from people worried they had been asked to agree to an order ‘out of the blue’.
Addressing the inquiry in Edinburgh, he told of a 101-year-old veteran who was issued with a DNR order by paramedics, while a woman in her late 50s got one due to hearing problems.
Adam Stachura, of Age Scotland, told the Scottish Covid Inquiry of a veteran aged 101 was issued with a DNR notice by paramedics
He also said care homes issued them en masse with ‘no individual clinical assessment’.
Mr Stachura, who described the situation as a ‘scandal’, said he had raised the issue with the Scottish Government, which denied asking family doctors to impose DNRs.
The inquiry has previously heard powerful testimony about DNRs, including
