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Daily Record
Daily Record
National
Mark McGivern

Overweight Scots mum hits out as secret 'do not resuscitate' status added to medical records

The Scottish Government is facing calls to investigate widespread use of 'Do Not Resuscitate' notices on unwitting patients.

The Record told of superfit teacher Fiona McVey, 44, who was horrified to discover her status while in an ambulance going to hospital. Many others contacted us to tell of similar situations and said they had been put on a DNR list without their right to consultation.

Readers reported finding medical files with the assignation DNACPR – Do Not Attempt CPR – or DNR/DNAR.

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