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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
National
Athena Stavrou & Chiara Fiorillo

Woman horrified after hospital put DNR instruction on her dad's medical notes

A woman said she was left "horrified", "cross and sad" after a hospital put a "Do Not Resuscitate" instruction on her elderly father's medical notes and she only discovered it months later.

Rev Debbi Turley was surprised to find out that her dad Jim Turley, 86, had agreed to a DNR instruction as she says he would have not understood what he was signing due to his dementia.

Mr Turley was admitted to Musgrove Park Hospital in Taunton on August 9 and was seen in A&E before being given a bed in one of the wards whilst suffering with delirium, dehydration and undiagnosed dementia.

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