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Post by PurplySparkleyJoey on Aug 1, 2002 3:37:42 GMT -5
Gem sent me this in an E mail today, its sickening! See what you think ....
Schools and 'Do Not Resuscitate' Notices 'A Swansea school nurse has started her Tribunal hearing claiming unfair dismissal. Special school teacher Bunny Pinnington was dismissed from Ysgol Crug Glas for whistleblowing a school policy of placing 'Do not Resuscitate' notices against some pupils with learning and physical disabilities without even consulting the parents. Headteacher Elizabeth Jones stated in a letter to Ms Pinnington and her RCN rep that it was immoral to resuscitate a dying child because they deserved to 'die with dignity'. In the case of child B, signatories for the notice required by two people were signed twice by one and the same. The nurse also claimed that staff had stopped bringing sick children to her for attention.
Initial revelations about this case sparked the National Assembly to launch a review into the use of such notices by schools - a consultation to which DRC Wales responded'
Story reported on front page of today's Western Mail.Item provided courtesy of Alun Thomas, DRC Wales Office.
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Kathy
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Post by Kathy on Aug 2, 2002 10:07:34 GMT -5
That's so awful! I hope this woman won't be allowed to teach any more.
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Post by PurplySparkleyJoey on Aug 2, 2002 19:44:40 GMT -5
I think the woman who told the story was the Nurse at the school ... she was the one who blew the wissle on it all ... but im with you on the teacher(s) how any one can condone that sort of behaviour is beond me! I'v been talking about this with a friend of mine who has a very severly disable little sister who was only suposed to live a few years and is now 15. They are finaly giving in and sending her to a boarding school becasue after 15 years her needs are too great for one pearent. THIS DOSE NOT MEAN THEY LOVE HER ANY LESS OR THINK THAT SHE WILL BE THERE UNTILL SHE DIES!!! sorry about that ... stuff like this makes me MAD!!!
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Post by Funky-Fran on Aug 4, 2002 1:14:06 GMT -5
But y were these kids dying at school anyway? i dont understand
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Post by PurplySparkleyJoey on Aug 4, 2002 15:39:13 GMT -5
ersumabley the school is for kids with very sever disabilitys ... the kind that mean they will only live a few years or are so weak if they got a cold it would turn in to phemonia and so on.
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Post by Funky-Fran on Aug 4, 2002 16:33:45 GMT -5
ah ok i see ta
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