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  • Mentally disabled man taken off respirator

    04/07/2009 6:40:43 PM PDT · by Chet 99 · 17 replies · 837+ views
    BATAVIA, Ohio, April 7 (UPI) -- A mentally disabled Ohio man suffering from terminal cancer has been removed from the respirator and feeding tube keeping him alive. Ronnie Dragoo's sisters want their brother's life to end peacefully with as little pain as possible, the Cincinnati Enquirer reported. But Cindy Dragoo of Miami, Ohio, and Donna Dragoo Theile of Newtonsville have no authority to make medical decisions for their brother because he is a ward of the state, so he remained on the respirator. "I have prayed to God to have him die," Theile said. "No one deserves this." The sisters...