They enjoy life to the full and don t want their days to end on the whim of a doctor s signature.
These four pensioners are bravely fighting back against a draconian NHS policy that sees over-65s assessed for frailty and handed notices saying they will be denied resuscitation if they suffer a heart attack or stop breathing.
Bob, Peter, Stella and Shirley have all told the Mail they were slapped with a DNAR (do not attempt resuscitation) order against their wishes.
They are among hundreds of people who have written to tell us that DNARs were wrongly put on their medical files or those of their loved ones.
This was the front page that exposed the hospital maternity unit horror. The Trust s response? Scaremongering. irresponsible. untrue . So, how COULD they have sunk so low?
The report revealed how more than 60 babies and mothers were feared to have died or suffered devastating harm at the Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital
The Trust s response was irresponsible, scaremongering, and untrue
A report published yesterday identified hundreds of cases of potentially sub-standard care which contributed to the deaths of a dozen women and babies