Two bishops have written to British Health and Social Care Secretary Matt Hancock expressing their concern over the removal of life support from a Catholic man in Plymouth.
Following a court ruling in early January, food and water have been withdrawn from a Polish-man and long-time UK resident, who went into a coma after suffering a heart attack in November last year.
In the letter, Sherrington and O’Toole opposed the definition of “assisted nutrition and hydration as medical treatment".
It has "now become the basis of medical and legal decisions to withdraw assisted nutrition and hydration from patients”, they continued.
