Toast, a "human right," kills a man on soft food diet.
 

full story here.

At least he got what he wanted, right? That's the way to live.

An aspirator. It happens a lot. Often, it's not even the nurse's fault. They'll often call a doctor or someone else to get an okay, then get blindsided when they get in trouble because the person they called didn't have the authority to allow it.

The problem with something like toast is it's not easy to get out of a windpipe because the moisture expands it. And another problem is aspirators can get very insistent about getting food they shouldn't have, but want anyway. They whine, complain, threaten, try to smuggle it, etc. It's a matter of not wanting to be told what you can and can't eat, and I'm sure getting all your water thickened with corn starch and living off mush gets old after a while.

I'd die for toast.

Sig'd so hardcore!

Hey, if he was told he can't have it--if he knew it could kill him, and was even likely to kill him, and still wanted it... well then give it to him.

He obviously decided that the toast was worth dying for. I mean, sure, it sounds silly that 'toast' is a basic human right, but I'd say that the choice whether to live in a way that extends our life or in a way that increases the quality of life at the cost of its longevity (regardless of how much quality/how much longevity) is a choice for us to make ourselves. Not the hospital staff nor the courts.

^ That's kind of beautiful in a way.

MOAR TOAST

If those weren't his last words I'll be terribly disappointed.

For about five seconds I so thought this thread was about me.

I tend to agree, if he asked for it then he was very likely comfortable with whatever consequences were going to happen.

It's always funny how NPF makes light of depressing incidents such as this one.