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Jordan Shepherd

Glasgow hospital gives granny 'secret' do not resuscitate order as family speak out

The family of a beloved grandmother have condemned Glasgow hospital medics who failed to tell them about a do not resuscitate order and encouraged them to say their goodbyes.

Helen McErlane was taken into Glasgow Royal Infirmary in December last year to receive treatment for a kidney infection.

She was initially happy and chatty but just days after the new year doctors told the family that she had fallen into a deep sleep and may not wake up, the Scottish Daily Express reports.

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