Galway Bay FM Newsroom - Galway Fine Gael Senator Seán Kyne has called for greater clarity and public awareness over the use of Do Not Resuscitate or DNR orders in Irish hospitals and healthcare facilities.
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Senator Kyne raised the issue in the Seanad where he outlined the experience of one family whose relative in ICU had a DNR order placed on their file without any consultation and said that clarity was needed on how patients wishes are respected and those of their next of kin.
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