UK Bishops ask gvt not to withdraw life support for comatose Polish citizen vaticannews.va

Giving food and water is basic care, and not a medical treatment UK bishops have reiterated, expressing concern over the recent withdrawal of artificial nutrition and hydration for a Polish citizen in a coma at a Plymouth hospital. The man, who is referred to publicly only as R.S., suffered a heart attack last November and in December the Court of Protection gave permission to the University Hospitals Plymouth National Health Service Trust to withdraw artificial hydration and nutrition. The removal of the feeding tubes was, however, delayed while the family applied for an appeal against the decision. According to the family, R.S. is a practicing a Catholic and wouldn’t have agreed to suspending his hydration and nutrition. On January 13 the British Court of Appeal rejected the appeal. The European Court of Human Rights has also rejected an application from the Polish government to repatriate the patient. Feeding tubes have been subsequently removed…

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