My sister wants to pursue legal action over my mum's death...

[Lemon Zing]

Basically, while she was in a hospice for respite, the staff there deliberately pulled out her lines. Where catheters have to be inserted, essentially. She panicked and came home near the end of August, I think.

A nurse came from the hospital on the 5th of September to give pain relief, with her being delayed dialysis until the 29th of August. Not long afterwards, a different nurse from the hospice came the same day for some reason, and gave her an overdose. This was stated by paramedics who came to my family's home.

In hospital, mum lay in bed very frail. A nurse told me lies and said she could get dialysis if she woke up. But she was too heavily sedated. He then bothered my sister after I left the room, stating a red form was signed by the hospice with no consent, ending her dialysis.

Do you think there's enough proof for a case?

 

[Mary Terry]

Ask an attorney who practices law in the jurisdiction where you live.

 

[Judge]

My condolences. However it's completely unrealistic to ask such a question here short of someone who practices law in your country, specializing in medical malpractice. Where you will be expected to cite facts beyond just an opinion of what may or may not have transpired.

Sadly this is essentially how my grandmother died. Nurse giving a sedative while not paying attention to the dosage which was 10x what it was supposed to be. The case was never litigated, but there's no point in elaborating on the details given I'm in a very different legal/litigation environment than you are.

 

[Magna]

My condolences as well. I thought Euthanasia was illegal in the U.S. but what you describe is how my mom died (ie a purposeful overdose administered by a nurse right in front of us).