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To: Morgana

Let the kid go home to die for Chrissakes. They already prevented him from getting treatment that may have helped. Now they want to prevent the family from bringing their son home to pass away peacefully with family there.

This is what single payer does.


4 posted on 07/26/2017 1:50:17 PM PDT by EQAndyBuzz (“The fundamental question of our time is whether the West has the will to survive.”)
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To: EQAndyBuzz

The family wants hin to go home a a ventilator and be home for a few days, then extubate. That is the issue. There is no qualified doctor and probably not enough nurses ( although I read some of the ICU nurse volunteered, but you need a lot to cover all the times) willing to do this care.
It is not like sending someone home who has cancer to die in a hospice. They want an ICU bed at the house. Whole different issue.
I do think the hospital saying they cannot fit the vent into the house is fishy, but what they may mean is all the other equipment needed may be too much for a small apartment


35 posted on 07/26/2017 4:03:50 PM PDT by kaila
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