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To: LottieDah

Did socialized medicine kill these lovely and talented actress?


3 posted on 03/19/2009 1:12:27 PM PDT by Professor_Leonide (I said to the young man who showed me a photo, "Who can ever be sure what is behind a mask?")
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To: Professor_Leonide

Who knows for sure. She did decline medical attention. So sad for her husband and children.


5 posted on 03/19/2009 1:13:38 PM PDT by LottieDah (If only those who speak so eloquently on the rights of animals would do so on behalf the unborn)
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To: Professor_Leonide

Did socialized medicine kill these lovely and talented actress?

I hope not...although she died in New York. I am not sure what Canada did for her, but I am pretty trusting and feel that they did the best they could.


9 posted on 03/19/2009 1:17:03 PM PDT by napscoordinator
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To: Professor_Leonide
Did socialized medicine kill these lovely and talented actress?

No. AN ambulance was called, she turned it down. Two other offers to have her checked out were made, she turned them down again and again. As much as we abhor socialized medicine, there are times when it's the victim's own fault.

13 posted on 03/19/2009 1:21:23 PM PDT by theDentist (Qwerty ergo typo : I type, therefore I misspelll)
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To: Professor_Leonide

<Did socialized medicine kill these lovely and talented actress?

I don’t think so. She fell down, thought she wasn’t seriously hurt and declined treatment. How many of us would also do the same? When she started feeling ill, it was too late. People have signs of strokes and heart attacks, don’t think it’s serious and often wind up getting help too late. Many times it kills them.

Too bad about Ms Richardson. My husband died when my son was about the same age as her children. It is a hard road and I don’t wish it on anyone.


14 posted on 03/19/2009 1:22:22 PM PDT by radiohead (Buy ammo, get your kids out of government schools, pray for the Republic.)
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To: Professor_Leonide

I am waiting to see. After hearing of the waits for CT up there, it was my first question. Still unanswered. I have not heard of any intervention done. I bet they didn’t even scan her.


15 posted on 03/19/2009 1:26:19 PM PDT by libbylu (Sarah - the light of the midnight sun)
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To: Professor_Leonide
Did socialized medicine kill these lovely and talented actress?

I don't think so. They kept urging her to get checked and she refused and even signed a form refusing an examination. They even called an ambulance and it was turned away. She must have thought it was just a bump on her head and didn't want to make a fuss.

18 posted on 03/19/2009 1:28:56 PM PDT by DJ MacWoW (Make yourselves sheep and the wolves will eat you. Ben Franklin)
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To: Professor_Leonide
I will ask.....

Who among us has fallen down...and hit their head?

Who among us has said, "I'm fine, no problem...I'm good"....

Life is fragile at times....but we don't always know it.

24 posted on 03/19/2009 1:32:46 PM PDT by Osage Orange (Our constitution protects aliens, drunks and U.S. Senators. -Will Rogers)
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To: Professor_Leonide

No, she had little time to go get this fixed and didn’t go. Epidurals are deadly,,any blow to the temple right above the ear is so risky.


33 posted on 03/19/2009 1:53:11 PM PDT by cajungirl (no)
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To: Professor_Leonide

No.

She had immediate access to medical services, but apparently declined (I would’ve too, not knowing what I know now).

Once she fell ill, she received immediate treatment.

She was flown to the US only after she was brain dead.


35 posted on 03/19/2009 1:55:45 PM PDT by SJSAMPLE
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To: Professor_Leonide

Socialized medicine never had a chance if she refused medical attention after she fell, as has been reported.


46 posted on 03/19/2009 2:23:08 PM PDT by cookiedough
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To: Professor_Leonide
Did socialized medicine kill these lovely and talented actress?

Probably not. A spleen injury can be the same way. A person can feel OK, but be dead a few hours later.

60 posted on 03/19/2009 6:21:57 PM PDT by Moonman62 (The issue of whether cheap labor makes America great should have been settled by the Civil War.)
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To: Professor_Leonide

yes.


77 posted on 03/21/2009 8:20:23 AM PDT by dervish (The trouble with Socialism is that you eventually run out of other peopleÂ’s money. Thatcher)
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