Comment by abraae

My mum died earlier this year. In hospital, she was approved for assisted dying. There is a mandatory waiting period as part of the process.

Many/most of the nursing staff are Filipino and strongly Roman Catholic.

As she lay dying and unable to speak, one of the nurses undertook to convert her at this last minute to their religion. At night, alone, after all visitors had left, she would come into mum's room and press mum, a very committed atheist, to pray for her salvation.

It's hard to describe how vulnerable someone is who is stuck in their bed and dependant on the nursing team for everything, even sips of water.

I will say this was not representative of her care, but it opened my eyes to the lengths religious believers will go to to push their views on others.