Extract from second reading debate (Lords) of the Conscientious Objection (Medical Activities) Bill (private bill) - Jan 26
Sunday, 28 January 2018 08:36
Baroness Richardson of Calow (CB):...I am well aware that anecdotes
do not always make good evidence, but personal experience informs
opinions. My husband at the age of 42 was diagnosed with
a brain tumour. For the next 10 years, we managed that
condition at home, with repeated operations and procedures,
increasing disability and family trauma. Then his consultant
decided that he would attempt aggressive surgery, which was carried
out. At the end of the operation, the consultant said to...Request free trial
(CB):...I am well aware that anecdotes do not always make
good evidence, but personal experience informs opinions. My husband
at the age of 42 was diagnosed with a brain tumour. For the next 10 years, we managed
that condition at home, with repeated operations and procedures,
increasing disability and family trauma. Then his consultant
decided that he would attempt aggressive surgery, which was carried
out. At the end of the operation, the consultant said to me that
the tumour had been removed but, in doing so, he had done extensive
damage to the left frontal lobe; my husband had had a stroke during
the procedure, and he was unlikely to have any good life, he was
unlikely to live through the night, and it was not in his best
interests to do so. He was, therefore, not putting him into
intensive care but on to an open ward so that the family could say
their goodbyes...
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