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Forum: Internet Links Topic: why you fill out DNRs started by: Malcolm Posted by Malcolm on Dec. 26 2013,19:49
< Why >?QUOTE Children's Hospital has moved to take Jahi off life support, an action her family went to court to stop. A doctor at Children's Hospital and a court-appointed outside expert both concluded that she cannot recover because her brain is not functioning. A judge this week gave the hospital permission to remove the girl's ventilator after 5 p.m. Monday so the mother has time to appeal. QUOTE We are trying to find somebody who will see her other than a dead piece of meat and will treat her, help us get her out of there and into the arms of someone who will care for her rather than putting her in a body bag," said Dolan, who is representing Jahi's mother. I don't know what the treatment is for brain death, and if the hospital weren't resorting to extraordinary measures already, literally feeding the kid and breathing for her, she'd have expired a bit ago. But let's get to the part that's irking me... QUOTE Dolan said the surgical procedure and Jahi's long-term care would be paid for by her medical insurance. Feeding tubes and ventilators do not come for free. No matter where she's cared for, be it a hospital or private institution, there is finite space, personnel, and resources. Chanting "insurance" while waving your hands wildly in the air does not make money or meds magically fall from the sky. Posted by Malcolm on Jan. 05 2014,10:52
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