Thanks, Seizethecarp.
There's a bridge I've been trying to sell. No takers thus far.
Fuddy cause of death ping...
“Maui County police says the late state health director Loretta Fuddy died due to cardiac arrhythmia as a result of stress after a Makani Kai Air plane crashed off of Molokai last month.”
Kind of ironic (if true) that Director of HEALTH, Fuddy, was so out of shape (obvious high BMI) that she expired during mild exertion that the rest of the plane survived, including several elderly people.
One would think that a safely administered cardiac stress test ordered by any competent MD, if she had gone one, would have resulted in corrective diet, weight loss, exercise and medication to greatly reduce Fuddy’s chances of dying from minimal exercise.
Thanks, Seizethecarp.
There's a bridge I've been trying to sell. No takers thus far.
Thanks for the Ping. I too, found it ironic that the Director of the HDOH would have such an obviously high BMI. Of course, she also (according to her brother, per the link LucyT helpfully provided) had no known heart problems.
Yes, cardiac arrhythmia can cause death. But you really can't be anywhere near sure of that in this case unless you had her hooked up to an electrocardiogram or some kind of heart monitor just before she died! (You can be pretty darn positive that was NOT the case.)
Furthermore, were there any forensic pathologist(s) in on the autopsy? And what were the toxicology results - are they all complete yet? Some drugs or poisons can induce arrhythmias.
Yeah. Most obese people float like a cork in salt water. Her deputy helped her into the life jacket according to earlier accounts, and said she seemed fine...