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To: matt04

How many Canadian health care advocates hope the baby dies?


9 posted on 03/14/2011 2:10:55 AM PDT by Gene Eric (*** Jesus ***)
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To: Gene Eric
I don't think there's any question of life or death here. It's a question of whether they would be allowed to take the baby home. Via The Vancouver Sun:
Maraachli and Nader fought to bring Joseph home to Windsor so he could spend his last days surrounded by loved ones. [...] Although the couple has accepted their baby boy's inevitable death, they insisted that it occur peacefully at home and not by removing his breathing tube, which will cause him to choke since he can't swallow or breathe on his own. The parents asked for a tracheotomy, which would open up a direct airway through an incision in Joseph's trachea and make it possible to bring the baby home.
Sadly, there's plenty of government intrusion into healthcare in the US, too. As many people have pointed out elsewhere, though, if he'd been born in the US, he might very well have already been gone by now (with the tracheotomy, he'd have been taken home to die rather than have been left on respirator at hospital all this time).
27 posted on 03/14/2011 6:46:41 AM PDT by Gondring (Paul Revere would have been flamed as a naysayer troll and told to go back to Boston.)
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