You should ask the doctor/law practioners in the hospital for the most up-to-date answers.
What I found is, LPA/PoA are basically allows an external person to act on behalf of yourself. However, there are limitations to its power. If you have signed the Advanced Medical Directive (AMD) and in the presence of a doctor and witness, then yes. The AMD can overwrite over any objection by your family. Under the Mental Capacity Act:
Section 6, Clause 5
(5) Where the determination relates to life-sustaining treatment, he must not, in considering whether the treatment is in the best interests of the person concerned, be motivated by a desire to bring about his death.
Section 13, Clause 8
(8) Notwithstanding anything in the lasting power of attorney, a donee authorised to make decisions about P’s personal welfare may not make any decision with respect to the carrying out or continuation of —
(a)life-sustaining treatment on P, whether or not amounting to extraordinary life-sustaining treatment within the meaning of section 2 of the Advance Medical Directive Act (Cap. 4A); or
(b)any other treatment on P which a person providing health care reasonably believes is necessary to prevent a serious deterioration in P’s condition.
Sources:
https://abrahamteo.com.sg/probate-letters-of-ad...
https://yuenlaw.com.sg/power-of-attorney-vs-las...
https://sso.agc.gov.sg/Act/MCA2008?ProvIds=P1IV...
You should ask the doctor/law practioners in the hospital for the most up-to-date answers.
What I found is, LPA/PoA are basically allows an external person to act on behalf of yourself. However, there are limitations to its power. If you have signed the Advanced Medical Directive (AMD) and in the presence of a doctor and witness, then yes. The AMD can overwrite over any objection by your family. Under the Mental Capacity Act:
Section 6, Clause 5
(5) Where the determination relates to life-sustaining treatment, he must not, in considering whether the treatment is in the best interests of the person concerned, be motivated by a desire to bring about his death.
Section 13, Clause 8
(8) Notwithstanding anything in the lasting power of attorney, a donee authorised to make decisions about P’s personal welfare may not make any decision with respect to the carrying out or continuation of —
(a)life-sustaining treatment on P, whether or not amounting to extraordinary life-sustaining treatment within the meaning of section 2 of the Advance Medical Directive Act (Cap. 4A); or
(b)any other treatment on P which a person providing health care reasonably believes is necessary to prevent a serious deterioration in P’s condition.
Sources:
https://abrahamteo.com.sg/probate-letters-of-ad...
https://yuenlaw.com.sg/power-of-attorney-vs-las...
https://sso.agc.gov.sg/Act/MCA2008?ProvIds=P1IV...