Can you imagine the fuss if that headline appears in newspapers in Britain? Can you imagine the screams of fury that would come from all quarters?

It isn't true, of course.

But the headline is true if you replace the word 'Foreigners' with the words 'Old People'.

For years, it has been official, policy in hospitals to starve the elderly to death to get rid of them.

Sometimes it happens with the approval of doctors.

Sometimes it happens because nurses make the decision.

But it is now a common practice in hospitals.

Food and drink will be put on the table of a patient who is weak and unable to feed themselves. The food and drink will be placed just out of reach of the patient and thirty minutes later or so will be removed with the comment: 'Not hungry, then?'

Gradually, the patient becomes weaker, goes unconscious and dies. by Dr. Vernon Coleman