[sagar]

"The amputations saved her life. What would most people choose, I wonder? Death or being a quadruple amputee for the rest of your life?"

So, the hospitals don't have to consult the family members if they intend to proceed with amputation? Or is that too socialistic?

[Kirkwood]

So, the hospitals don't have to consult the family members if they intend to proceed with amputation? Or is that too socialistic?"

I wasn't commenting on that aspect at all. My comment was directed to the fact that the hospital simply didn't let her die after gangrene set in and thus saved her life. It is unclear how she was infected as much as people here want to speculate. She could just as easily have walked in infected as caught it in the hospital. People do get gangrene outside of hospitals.

I also asked the question of freepers as to which they would prefer, to be dead (because the hospital refused to act) or to have the hospital save your life resulting in your being a 4x amputee? Which would you prefer? Some people would rather be dead, others want to cling to life.