'Do not resuscitate' tattoo for pensioner

An 85-year-old woman has had the words Do Not Resuscitate tattooed on her chest to make sure her intentions are known if she is taken seriously ill.

Frances Polack, a former nurse, said she did it to prevent any doctor and her relatives from getting into trouble for obeying her wishes to be allowed to die when seriously ill.



Mrs Polack, who lives in the New Forest, Hampshire, told the Nursing Standard magazine that she has carried around a living will in her handbag for years but felt this might not be checked during an emergency.