In a last ditch, last resort situation with people one can not save and who will die a long slow horrible death with no hope of help — we are not in a position to judge that doctor or anyone in similar dire situations.
How does one avoid the slippery slope into euthanasia?
But we will.
What happened in that hospital was a perfect example of everything that could possibly go wrong went wrong and things that couldn't possibly go wrong still went wrong. And very quickly.
But, hey, I watched Katrina from my TV half the country away and I've never worked in a hospital so I'll just sit here and post about how evil this doctor was and make pithy comments about Obama's health care plans.
In a last ditch, last resort situation with people one can not save and who will die a long slow horrible death with no hope of help — we are not in a position to judge that doctor or anyone in similar dire situations.
Amen. there is triage in mortal situations
This whole thing about Katrina and the docs and nurses who stayed and struggled just enrages me. That woman doctor who was stuck in a 100-degree facility with no electricity! No light! No water! Yet she kept on. About the only tool she had was to sedate the patients until help came. Do you realize that they couldn't even open the windows, unless they could break them?
And now she's got all these wrongful death lawsuits.
Physicians--at the first sign of disaster--CUT AND RUN.