Anthony David Bland was a supporter of Liverpool FC injured in the Hillsborough disaster.
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12 Facts About Tony Bland
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Tony Bland suffered severe brain damage that left him in a persistent vegetative state as a consequence of which the hospital, with the support of his parents, applied for a court order allowing him to "die with dignity".
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Tony Bland was an 18-year-old Liverpool supporter who travelled with two friends to Sheffield Wednesday's Hillsborough football ground for an FA Cup semi-final between Liverpool and Nottingham Forest on 15 April 1989.
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Tony Bland never regained consciousness and a legal ruling in November 1992 allowed doctors to withdraw his treatment at the request of his family, as there had been no sign of improvement in his condition and the doctors treating him advised that there was no reasonable possibility that he would ever emerge from his persistent vegetative state, and was unlikely to survive more than five years.
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Tony Bland suffered serious injuries in the crush at the Leppings Lane terrace.
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Tony Bland was transferred to the care of J G Howe, a consultant geriatrician and neurologist at the Airedale General Hospital near his home in Keighley.
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Tony Bland showed no sign of being aware of anything that took place around him.
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Tony Bland's body was being kept alive by artificial nutrition, hydration and constant care.
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Tony Bland informed Popper of the plan to withdraw all treatment including food and water.
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Tony Bland considered that there was no benefit to continue with the treatment as there was no prospect of recovery of cognitive function.
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Tony Bland warns that Bland has been dangerously extended by the Mental Capacity Act 2005 so that novel third parties now have power to remove treatment.
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Tony Bland was one of two people injured at Hillsborough to have been diagnosed as being in a persistent vegetative state.
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