CRUEL AND DIABOLICAL

Alex calls for better end-of-life care after watching helplessly as former soldier Andrew, 43, suffocated

- VIVIENNE AITKEN

A DAD-OF-THREE slowly suffocated in front of his wife as medical staff said they could do nothing to ease his suffering.

Ex-soldier Andrew Hogg, who had MND, was 43 when he died gasping for breath.

Widow Alex, 37, is now campaigning for better end-oflife care for MND sufferers.

She said: "Andrew knew he was dying. It was a slow suffocation and he was absolutely terrified.

"Since his diagnosis, we had been told at the end of his life he would be fully sedated and wouldn't be aware of anything.

"But he was and he was terrified. It is diabolical that someone had to die like that with a medical professional in the room. It was cruel.