British Socialized HC Official: Some Premature Babies Should be Left to Die (http://www.theblaze.com/stories/british-socialized-hc-official-some-premature-babies-should-be-left-to-die/)
Posted on March 7, 2011 at 12:53pm
by Jonathon M. Seidl
A prominent British health care official associated with the country’s socialized medicine agency NHS is set to make a disturbing admission in an upcoming documentary: she thinks premature babies born at 23 weeks gestation should be left to die. Why? Cost concerns.
“If it was my child, from all the evidence and information that I know, I would not resuscitate,†Dr. Daphne Austin says in the BBC program 23 Week Babies: The Price of Life, reports London’s Daily Mail.
She continues: “We are doing more harm than good by resuscitating 23-weekers. I can’t think of very many interventions that have such poor outcomes. For me the big issue is that we’re spending an awful lot of money on treatments that have very marginal benefit. I would prefer to free up that money to spend on providing support to people who have much more lifelong chronic conditions.â€
In even more stunning comments, Austin says that while parents should get a say, in reality they don’t speak for the baby: “There’s a lot of emphasis on the parents’ views and what they want. But somewhere in there, there needs to be an advocate for the baby.†The Assumption seems to be the baby would rather die.
The mail says NHS spends about 10 million BPS, or over $16 million US, on treating babies born around 23 weeks, many of which either die or end up with birth defects.
Daily Mail LINK (http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-1363637/Babies-born-23-weeks-left-die-says-NHS-chief.html#ixzz1Fw0RiK37)
First they came for the old bastards, and I didn't speak out because I wasn't an old fart;
Then they came for the preemies...
:banghead: