U.N. Pushes Medical Discrimination Against Elderly

U.N. Pushes Medical Discrimination Against Elderly

U.N. Pushes Medical Discrimination Against Elderly 

by Wesley J. Smith 

May 30, 2015 12:50 AM 

The United Nations wants countries to prioritize lowering “premature death,” which doctors in the U.K. say will force medical discrimination against the elderly. From the Telegraph story: The NHS could be led to discriminate against the over 70s to meet ‘highly unethical’ UN health targets which seek to reduce premature deaths in younger people, senior medics have warned. Under the proposed Sustainable Development Goals, UN member states will be given targets to cut the number of deaths from diseases like cancer, stroke, diabetes and dementia by one third by 2030. In an open letter published in The Lancet, an international group of ageing specialists say the new guideline sends out the message that health provision for younger groups must be prioritised at the expense of older people. Prof Peter Lloyd-Sherlock, professor of social policy and international development at the University of East Anglia, and lead author of the letter, said: “This premature mortality target is highly unethical, since it unjustifiably discriminates against older people. Technocracy leads to very bad things. And the U.N. is all about technocracy. 

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