[MacMattico]

Why in the world can't the poor baby have a tracheotomy? Why do they have to insist on turning off a breathing machine in front of the parents so that they can watch him die, knowing if the machine were on he wouldn't be suffocating? How is that not torture? At least with the trach he would have his own chance to breathe for as long as he could, without taking the active step of turning off the machine and purposely watching him suffocate.

[clee1]

Why should the taxpayer have to pay for a needless procedure that will not halt the inevitable?

My sympathies are with the parents, but if the child has been on a ventilator for a long time, he will likely die within minutes of having the vent removed; trach or not.

Like it or not, the Canadian system is socialized single-payer healthcare. There is no point to a trach, and no reason for the taxpayers to pay for it.

[southphilly]

Because Canada has National Health Care., if they send hm home he may live 6 months like his sister did a few years ago.. The cost for her was over a million dollars. If they pull the plug now...it's over....sorry sorry situation.