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What we need is a double-blind test for the efficacy of suicide pills.
First case of malpractice coming up where the patient was supposed to die and didn't.
Now he can get rich by suing the incompetent doctor for malpractice.
It would be interesting to hear what the man had to say when he woke up.
Actually, I believe it is quite common for doctors to put patients on a morphine drip to suppress their breathing and speed dieing. I've seen it done in both cancer and stroke victims and was told by the doctor that was the purpose.
So what was the problem with merely waiting 17 days for the guy to die naturally? Why does the doctor stain himself with an attempted murder and total violation of his Hippocratic oath?
Patients surviving, we can't have that. I'm surprised they didn't do what they do to babies that survive abortions.
Will his family now sue the doctor for malpractice, for failing to complete the procedure properly? Unfortunately, many courts would probably allow such a suit to proceed.
That is what I read. At first I thought the doctor had dropped dead in the meantime, and the patient outlived him...until I read part of the post.
there you have it.
Living is a 'complication'.
"Since the law took effect in 1997, more than 170 people in Oregon have used it to end their lives."
Just think--if this were the State of Washington, there'd be one more Republican governor today.
Maybe there IS something to this "assisted suicide" business. Good for the Blue States!
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There is something really stupid in that sentence....