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Debbie Purdy died 23 December

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NanKate Tue 30-Dec-14 10:08:29

I was sad to read that Debbie Purdy with multiple sclerosis has died in a Hospice after refusing food for a year. I don't know why it took so long.

IMO it is dreadfully sad that the Doctors could not help her hasten her death, as that was her wish.

What a brave lady.

POGS Tue 30-Dec-14 10:42:36

Nankate

I too feel very sad but at the same time she is now at peace and I hope her family can 'celebrate' her life and they can find the ability to move forward with their own lives whilst remembering the wonderful woman they were blessed to know.

I think it will be the case in the coming years Debbie and others will have led the way for a change in the law and whilst I accept this a personal opinion it won't come soon enough.

flowers. for Debbie

Mishap Tue 30-Dec-14 10:49:57

She does sound an extraordinary lady. How sad that her death had to be so protracted.

durhamjen Tue 30-Dec-14 10:50:36

I'm with you, nankate. They must have been giving her some sustenance without her knowing it for it to take a year.

Riverwalk Tue 30-Dec-14 10:54:59

I read that Debbie Purdy been in the hospice for a year, not refusing food for a year.

And they wouldn't feed her against her wishes.

granjura Tue 30-Dec-14 13:05:23

The poor, poor woman, and her family. That she should have been forced to live against her clear wishes is, imho, criminal and totally inhuman.

Sometimes I wonder if one day I'd like to go back to UK to be nearer daughter and grandchildren- but this case reminds me that it's better to stay where I will have the choice, when the time comes.

I wish I could have opened my home to Debbie so she could have been given that choice.