Care homes in Britain accused of utilizing drugs to accelerate the death of coronavirus victims

Care homes in the UK have been charged utilizing strong sedatives to accelerate the death of coronavirus victims.

Midazolam prescriptions increased rapidly during the highest period of the pandemic, and any say that it “changed care at the end of life into euthanasia”.

Official data show that 38,352 out-of-hospital prescriptions were issued in April – more than twice as many as in February. The monthly average of the past 5 years in England was about 15,000.

As reported MailOnline, an activist for the fight against euthanasia says that this increase is evidence that nursing homes place their residents on the “paths” of life.

Informationists besides claim to have witnessed the misuse of sedatives – staff were ordered to administer them to dementia patients to halt them from wandering the corridors. The Sun Online was incapable to verify these reports.

Retired neurologist, prof. Patrick Pullicino, who has made public the case of wrongful administration of strong painkillers to patients considered dying as part of Liverpool Care Pathway, fears that the same has happened again.

He said to MailOnline: “Midazolam slows down breathing and speeds up death. It turns care at the end of life into euthanasia." He besides claimed that any patients from Covid-19 were wrongly kept distant from the hospital, even though the organization might have saved their lives.

Prof. Pullicino blames the authoritative strategy designed to aid wellness professionals decide which patients should be admitted to intensive care. "I believe this strategy encouraged the usage of midazolam sedation in the end of life – effectively leading to euthanasia," he said.

Eileen Chubb of the Compassion in Care charity said that nursing home workers told her that they thought sedatives were being utilized besides freely during the pandemic.

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She said that any workers had a “clear impression” that very sick residents of nursing homes should not be sent to the hospital. The Paliative medicine Association replied that there are good reasons for an increase in the number of prescriptions per midazolam.

Dr. Amy Proffitt of the Association of Paliative medicine said MailOnline: “I absolutely do not believe that there have been cases of euthanasia in nursing homes related to Covid-19”.

She said that the drug was an apparent choice for patients with respiratory difficulties – 1 of the main symptoms of coronavirus.

She added: “I realize why people are concerned, but the prescribed and decently utilized midazolam will not accelerate or prolong someone’s death – it will simply supply comfort.”

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