Hospital ordered to keep woman, 91, alive

DOCTORS were yesterday ordered to keep alive an ailing 91-year-old widow after her grandson went to court claiming hospital staff were not doing enough for her.

The ruling could set new precedents for the treatment of the elderly in British hospitals.

A judge told Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital to provide treatment where medically possible, to retired school matron Olive Nockels, from Norfolk, until the rights and wrongs of the way she was being cared for could be established.