When prognosis is wrong – Glenn's Story
Glenn was diagnosed with Grade 2 Oligodendroglioma, a type of brain tumour, in 1997. During debulking surgery in 2002, bacteria entered his brain and caused an infection in his skull that was discovered only a year later. Within 18 months, he started to decline in terms of mobility, continence and his ability to speak coherently. In three different years (2004, 2006 and 2007) he was given a prognosis of six months or less (meaning, expected to die within six months). He was assessed as clinically dying in 2004, and at the end of life in 2006, 2007 and 2011. Glenn died in 2011.
Had the End of Life Choice Act been operating as law at the time, Glenn would have been eligible for a lethal dose in the years 2004, 2006, 2007, and 2011, when he was given a prognosis of six months or less to live.
Heather and Rachel are a mother-and-daughter team who have shared a bittersweet experience over the last few years. Having to watch a beloved husband and an adored father live with a terminal illness until he died at the age of 42 has not been easy for either of them. Despite this, they hang onto every precious memory from that tumultuous time...
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Poll: As a customer, what do you think about automation?
The Press investigates the growing reliance on your unpaid labour.
Automation (or the “unpaid shift”) is often described as efficient ... but it tends to benefit employers more than consumers.
We want to know: What do you think about automation?
Are you for, or against?
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9.4% For. Self-service is less frustrating and convenient.
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43.5% I want to be able to choose.
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47.1% Against. I want to deal with people.
Purple Poppy Day Saturday 21st February
Thames Museum Te Whare Taonga o te Kauaeranga is delighted to be working with Thames RSA to hold our town’s first Purple Poppy Day on 21st February. Purple Poppy day is held throughout the Commonwealth to honour the animals that served and died during WWI and WWII and continue to serve in current conflicts.
Our inaugural Purple Poppy Day features creatures from glowworms and pigeons to camels and elephants.
The competition on the day, PEOPLE AND PETS WEAR PURPLE and/or KHAKI is a fun way to get involved, with lots of neat prizes.
PEOPLE AND PETS WEAR PURPLE and/or KHAKI will be held weather permitting. All other activities will take place inside the museum is the weather isn’t so good.
Time to Tickle Your Thinker 🧠
If a zookeeper had 100 pairs of animals in her zoo, and two pairs of babies are born for each one of the original animals, then (sadly) 23 animals don’t survive, how many animals do you have left in total?
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