Religion & Spirituality1 min ago
Archie Battersbee
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What is wrong with this woman? Her son had the best free NHS care possible, care which she says wasn’t good enough, poor little Archie has now gone, and now she wants a public enquiry. Of course I feel sorry for her but she has really gone too far. She should be grateful she didn’t have to pay for something that was self inflicted. Rant over.
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.not sure about that dave - no matter how things ended up where they were, the thing they want an inquiry into is how the end of life care fits in with relatives needs. Knowing what happened to cause them to be in that position wont have any bearing on that.
There was probably/is probably a police investigation ongoing into the circumstances already.
In any case, i agree with the OP, although perhaps not in such stringent terms ;0
There was probably/is probably a police investigation ongoing into the circumstances already.
In any case, i agree with the OP, although perhaps not in such stringent terms ;0
smurfchops, I agree with you. I (forlornly) hoped there would be no more vitriolic statements from Archie's mother. This wretched woman is either talking from pure ignorance or in the hope of furthering her cause - whatever that may be. I have my thoughts on that.
The hospital were not able to exchange the life support system for, say, a lethal injection. She would have seen therefore a disturbing end to her son's life. I would expect that the hospital staff would have warned her of the consequences of ending life support. In my experience doctors have carefully explained what will ensue at the ending of someone's life.
I do not see that there is any shame in starting this thread, if anything it shows respect for other threads.
The hospital were not able to exchange the life support system for, say, a lethal injection. She would have seen therefore a disturbing end to her son's life. I would expect that the hospital staff would have warned her of the consequences of ending life support. In my experience doctors have carefully explained what will ensue at the ending of someone's life.
I do not see that there is any shame in starting this thread, if anything it shows respect for other threads.
I am/was a nurse and have had to deal with discontinuing life support for children many times. Either the support and explanation of Archie was inadequate, which I doubt, or the mother just could not and would not acccept that nothing more could be down for Archie to recover to anything other than a vegetative state. I do not know the set up of the unit where Archie was but the parents and family would have been allowed to be with him, the medical staff would hopefully be as inconspicuous as possible. Possibly the parents could be concerned of any police action. We are told this was a result of a TikTok challenge but is it possible it was suicide as a ligature was reportedly around his neck. The withdrawal of medication was probably enough to decrease blood pressure and his heart would stop after which the ventilator would be turned of. Archie would not suffocate as he had essentially been dead since the accident.