A stroke patient lying paralysed in hospital listened in horror as doctors discussed organ donation with his family after telling them he would not survive.
Jimi Fritze, 43, heard every word but couldn’t protest because he was unable to speak.
His heartbroken relatives had come to say their final goodbyes after doctors said brain scans showed he had ‘no hope’ of pulling through.
As they surrounded his hospital bed, doctors asked the family about the possibility of donating his organs when he died, not realising Mr Fritze could also hear the conversation.
Stroke victim Jimi Fritze listened helplessly as doctors discussed donating his organs with his family, but was unable to speak out. He later recovered and is now taking action against the hospital
He eventually recovered after his family sought advice from another medic.
He has now launched an official complaint against the doctors for breaching rules by discussing organ donation before a patient is brain dead, it was reported by The Local.
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