UK: NHS nurse who turned off life-support will not face charges
26th October 2010
Read it.
Violeta Aylward, 55, was caught on film turning off Jamie Merrett’s ventilator, as he had been so concerned about the care he was receiving that he set up a secret bedside camera.
But Mrs Aylward, a Filipino mother-of-four who has been a registered nurse for 10 years, will not face criminal charges.
She was suspended by the nursing watchdog after he was left brain-damaged, and an official investigation by health authorities is said to have found failings in the checks her employment agency made on training.
Her agency has retained its top “three star” rating from the care regulator for providing “excellent outcomes”.
Meanwhile her patient – who received nursing care at home after being paralysed in a road accident – was almost starved of oxygen for 21 minutes by her action and now has the understanding of a child, according to relatives.
Government-run health care! It really works!
October 26th, 2010 at 10:32
This is exactly what is going to happen to the Obama Administration. It has attempted to kill the US economy, leaving it essentially brain-dead, and yet will walk away without charges.
{sigh} There was a time when traitors were drawn and quartered. Sometimes the old ways are best.