[b4me]

Maybe we shouldn’t get old? Too many people I know died, or on the way now, due to negligence and mistakes of medical people, just because they are considered older and “lived a full life” so their complaints/symptoms aren’t taken seriously.

[hoosierham]

The ER doctor in 1991 said of my then 61 year old father “treating you is a case of diminishing returns”. Father suffered from COPD.Died in 1992 of heart attack.
The ER staff tried forcing the brown bag asthma protocol on a man already tested for lung function by a specialist and diagnosed as having only 30% lung function.

More people die every year in the United States from medical mistakes than firearms.

[hoosierham]

It isn't their complaints aren't taken seriously.

I think too many medical workers make a judgment of the patient's worth to society or “burden” on family .

The Hippocratic Oath has been replaced by the Hypocritic.