Brickbat: Death Without Dignity

David Howells spent the last two weeks of his life in England's Nottingham City Hospital after being admitted for complications from a heart condition. His family says it was clear from the texts and videos he sent them he was deteriorating but the hospital refused to allow them to visit because of COVID-19 restrictions, even though National Health Service rules allow for some compassionate exemptions. Howells' final text read, "I'm really not good. I don't think I'm going to make it. They're not listening." As Howells lay dying, the hospital finally called to tell family members they could come. But he passed away before they could get there. A spokeswoman for the local National Health Service Trust says hospital officials believe they correctly applied visitation policy.

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[contraryjim]

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[Fist of Etiquette]

Once your loved one is at death's door, you are no longer a COVID risk. BUT NOT BEFORE.

[Queen Amalthea]

The Democrat Party is doing significant things to further what is the Libertarian Party platform in the areas of marijuana and euthanasia legalization. If you own your body the government should not tell you what you can smoke or take to end it.

[Don't look at me!]

That’s funny.

[Rossami]

Marijuana, maybe. Though the "tax it to death" (or at least, tax it back into the black market) approach hardly seems to be part of the Libertarian platform.

I'm not seeing anything credible in the Democratic platform about euthanasia.

[Queen Amalthea]

Republicans are, of course, fighting this all the way. Smoking pot will turn you into a Terror Demon and the State must prevent you from deciding to end your life, it belongs to them after all.

[Rev. Arthur L. Kuckland]

Are you retarded?

[Will Nonya]

RALK, succinct summation of QA's comments.

[Mother's Lament]

It's White Knight, and yes.

[Jerryskids]

I'm not sure how this is a brickbat - hasn't this sort of thing been commonplace all over?

[Á àß äẞç ãþÇđ âÞ¢Đæ ǎB€Ðëf ảhf]

Just about every brickbat is an example of common burrocrat malfeasance.

[Mickey Rat]

"A spokeswoman for the local National Health Service Trust says hospital officials believe they correctly applied visitation policy."

Does a bureaucracy ever believe differently, or that policy might be wrong in the first place?

[Will Nonya]

Remember bureaucrats are victims here. They don't make the rules, except when they do. They are just powerless followers of the rules with the discretion over how the rules are applied. There's clearly nothing they could do...

[D-Pizzle]

Policies and procedures and all that.

[Earth Skeptic]

Not to worry. Death is mean and scary, and unfair to women and POC. Progressives will soon pursue policies and legislation to outlaw death, and institute massive social programs to save us all.

[mad.casual]

National Health Service rules allow for some compassionate exemptions

At first I thought, "Wow! Those are probably some really fucking phenomenal exceptions!"

Then I remembered the urban legend about gay people being denied access to their spouses in the ICU.

[StackOfCoins]

I'd rather die in my own bed from lack of medical attention, than die a prisoner in a hospital.