{"id":2520331,"date":"2025-12-11T20:02:59","date_gmt":"2025-12-12T01:02:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/socialist-paradise-man-with-downs-syndrome-was-starved-to-death-as-entire-hospital-staff-watched-without-lifting-a-finger\/"},"modified":"2025-12-11T20:05:12","modified_gmt":"2025-12-12T01:05:12","slug":"socialist-paradise-man-with-downs-syndrome-was-starved-to-death-as-entire-hospital-staff-watched-without-lifting-a-finger","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/socialist-paradise-man-with-downs-syndrome-was-starved-to-death-as-entire-hospital-staff-watched-without-lifting-a-finger\/","title":{"rendered":"Socialist Paradise: Man With Downs Syndrome Was Starved to Death as Entire Hospital Staff Watched Without Lifting a Finger"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">38<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fsocialist-paradise-man-with-downs-syndrome-was-starved-to-death-as-entire-hospital-staff-watched-without-lifting-a-finger%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2520331&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fact-check-does-this-photo-show-the-monster-building-in-hong-kong-with-hundreds-of-floors\/\" title=\"FACT CHECK: Does This Photo Show The Monster Building In Hong Kong With Hundreds Of Floors?\">article reports<\/a> a tragic case in England&#8217;s publicly funded National Health Service (NHS), where Adrian Poulton, a 56-year-old man with Down syndrome, died of starvation after being incorrectly labeled as &#8220;nil by mouth&#8221; during a hospital stay for a broken hip in 2021. Despite improving from his injury, he was not fed for nine days, leading to his death two weeks after admission. His family was unaware he was being starved, adn hospital staff failed to recognize his critical need for nutrition. The <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >article criticizes socialized medicine<\/a>, arguing that state-run healthcare systems often treat patients as mere parts of bureaucratic schemes, citing similar failures such as Canada postponing thousands of operations during COVID-19 to prioritize pandemic care. It contrasts these systems with the United States, highlighting the ongoing migration toward America despite its healthcare challenges, and cautions against trusting governments with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dems-advance-taxpayer-funded-abortion-through-committee\/\" title=\"Dems Advance Taxpayer-Funded Abortion Through Committee\">essential care<\/a> and food, referencing ancient disasters under <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/prageru-nikki-haley-explains-why-capitalism-wins\/\" title=\"PragerU: Nikki Haley Explains Why \u2018Capitalism Wins\u2019\">socialist regimes<\/a>.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_0)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>Socialized medicine proves itself to once again be a tragic and dangerous means of administering care.<\/p>\n<p>A man with Down syndrome was admitted to Poole Hospital in Poole, England, for a broken hip after falling in 2021. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.itv.com\/news\/2025-10-01\/i-dont-want-to-die-downs-syndrome-man-starved-to-death-in-hospital\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ITV News<\/a> reported in October 2025, &ldquo;His hip was on the mend, but he was incorrectly listed as &lsquo;nil by mouth&rsquo; by doctors during his time in hospital and was fed nothing for nine days.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Adrian Poulton, 56, died of starvation.<\/p>\n<p>His father, David Poulton, told the outlet, &ldquo;Not being medical, we just naturally thought he was having nutrition, a feed.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;But as it turns out, they were starving him.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"stnvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} else { \t\t\t\tdocument.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\", function() { \t\t\t\t\tfunction loadScript(src) { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst script=document.createElement(\"script\"); \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.src=src; \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.async=true; \t\t\t\t\t\tdocument.body.appendChild(script); \t\t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\t\tfunction findPreviousParagraph(selector, x) { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst targetElement=document.querySelector(selector); \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!targetElement) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.warn(\"Target element not found.\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\treturn null; \t\t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Get all <\/p>\n<p> elements in order as they appear in the document \t\t\t\t\t\tlet paragraphs=Array.from(document.querySelectorAll(\"p\"));  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Find the index of the last <\/p>\n<p> before the target element \t\t\t\t\t\tlet targetIndex=paragraphs.findIndex(p=> p.compareDocumentPosition(targetElement) & Node.DOCUMENT_POSITION_PRECEDING);  \t\t\t\t\t\tif (targetIndex===-1 || targetIndex <x) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.warn(\"Not enough paragraphs before the target element.\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\treturn null; \t\t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\treturn paragraphs[targetIndex - x]; \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Set up IntersectionObserver \t\t\t\t\tfunction observeElement(element) { \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!element) return;  \t\t\t\t\t\tconst observer=new IntersectionObserver( \t\t\t\t\t\t\t(entries)=> { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tentries.forEach(entry=> { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tif (entry.isIntersecting) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.log(\"Paragraph is now visible:\", entry.target.textContent.trim()); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tloadScript(\"https:\/\/embed.sendtonews.com\/player3\/embedcode.js?fk=s28Az7AY\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tobserver.disconnect(); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t}, \t\t\t\t\t\t\t{ threshold: 0.5 } \/\/ Adjust threshold as needed \t\t\t\t\t\t);  \t\t\t\t\t\tobserver.observe(element); \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Find the 1st paragraph before #stnvideo and observe it \t\t\t\t\tlet paragraphToObserve=findPreviousParagraph(\"#stnvideo\", 2); \t\t\t\t\tobserveElement(paragraphToObserve); \t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t} \t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<p>Sister Lesley described her brother&rsquo;s state. &ldquo;He was really poorly. He did look at me and dad&hellip; He said to me, &lsquo;Lesley, I don&rsquo;t want to die.&rsquo;&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;He knew he was going to die. It was just awful.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>He would pass on Sept. 28, 2021, which was two weeks after his admission.<\/p>\n<p>England&rsquo;s publicly funded National Health Service was so inept that they could not see that a starving man needed food.<\/p>\n<p>Nationalizing healthcare creates a climate in which patients are seen for their place in the grand schemes of the state.<\/p>\n<p>In 2020, anticipating a surge in patients over COVID, Canada&rsquo;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hungary-takes-lead-as-europe-prepares-to-begin-covid-19-vaccinations\/\" title=\"Hungary takes lead as Europe prepares to begin COVID-19 vaccinations\">healthcare system<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/left-envies-health-system-canada-just-let-dozens-die-prepare-covid-surge\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">let 35 people die<\/a> to clear the surgery docket for COVID patients. This wave of new patients did not arrive. Over 50,000 operations and treatments were postponed for that end.<\/p>\n<p>Then-serving Health Minister Christine Elliot commented, &ldquo;That&rsquo;s not something any of us want to hear. It certainly was not intended.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">This is Adrian Poulton with his parents.<\/p>\n<p>He had Down&rsquo;s Syndrome and lived in a care home. In September 2021, he fell and broke his hip and went to Poole Hospital for help.<\/p>\n<p>He was given a bed and died 9 days later.<\/p>\n<p>Why?<\/p>\n<p>Because a doctor had marked his chart as &ldquo;nil by mouth&rdquo;.&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/F8uDOUqHLv\">pic.twitter.com\/F8uDOUqHLv<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Miss Jo (@therealmissjo) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/therealmissjo\/status\/1974337907465851197?\">October 4, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Any death is a tragedy.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The American healthcare system&rsquo;s problems are vast.<\/p>\n<p>It is by no means the shining example, but a socialist system is further from it.<\/p>\n<p>In a more general sense, the evidence speaks to this reality.<\/p>\n<p>The needy and persecuted masses do not aspire to one day make their way to China, North Korea, or Venezuela.<\/p>\n<p>They flee to the United States, the supposed epicenter of evil, inequality, and oppression.<\/p>\n<p>Socialist leaders speak of compassion and fairness, but the 20th century flies in the face of their promises.<\/p>\n<p>It is full of state-sanctioned disasters like Mao Zedong&rsquo;s Great Leap Forward that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.endgenocidenow.org\/Genocide-1\/china-great-leap-forward\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">End Genocide Now<\/a> says killed 40 million through starvation.<\/p>\n<p>When will civilization learn that trusting the state with the most precious aspects of our lives &mdash; food and medicine &mdash; can only turn out disastrously?<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\"> \t\t\t \t<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* Name<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* <\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<label>* Message<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t<textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; padding-bottom: 15px;\">* All fields are required.<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"submit\" value=\"Submit\" onclick=\"event.preventDefault(); firefly_sc();\"> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-sc-confirm\" style=\"display: none;\">Success!<\/div>\n<\/p><\/form>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> \t\t<script> \t\t\tfunction firefly_sc() { \t\t\t\tif( typeof window.captchaPublicKey==typeof undefined ){ \t\t\t\t\tconsole.error('window.captchaPublicKey is not defined'); \t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\tgrecaptcha.execute( window.captchaPublicKey, { action: 'submit_correction' } ).then( function( token ) { \t\t\t\t\tvar opts={ \t\t\t\t\t\taction:    'firefly_sc_submit', \t\t\t\t\t\tname:      document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"name\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\t:     document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tmessage:   document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"message\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tpost_id:   firefly_post_id, \t\t\t\t\t\tcap_token: token \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\tvar inputs=[ 'name', '', 'message' ];  \t\t\t\t\tfor( var i=0; i <inputs.length; i++ ) if( ! 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