Woman who 'lost her sparkle' dies after refusing life-saving treatment

A 50-year old woman refused life-saving medical treatment in London because she claimed she had "lost her sparkle" and along with it, her interest in living. With debt and old age shadowing her, C swallowed a large number of paracetamol tablets with Veuve Clicquot champagne in a failed attempt to commit suicide. Doctors at Kings College Hospital recommended dialysis, which would be able to reverse the damage done to her liver from the drug overdose, but she refused treatment claiming she had "lo