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Chainfire

(17,530 posts)
8. It is a public record
Sun Aug 2, 2020, 04:56 PM
Aug 2020

Available to anyone willing to pay the cost of reproduction. His, or his families attorneys will surely see the original.

FM123

(10,053 posts)
2. What a horrible thing to put the family through!
Sun Aug 2, 2020, 09:08 AM
Aug 2020

She discovered immediately upon going into his room that they had, without permission, and without notifying her, disconnected him from all life-saving measures,” she said.

LisaL

(44,973 posts)
5. If they disconnected him from life support and his heart didn't stop beating,
Sun Aug 2, 2020, 09:16 AM
Aug 2020

then he is not brain dead either. Hard to understand what's going on in there, with hospital not giving out any information.

crickets

(25,962 posts)
7. Thank goodness the mortuary checked (as they do) before zipping him in a bag.
Sun Aug 2, 2020, 11:46 AM
Aug 2020

Can you imagine? Also, if he hadn't lost brain function the first time they didn't treat him properly, unhooking him from life support certainly didn't help. What in the world were they thinking? That's unreal. He's only 39, so it's not like they have an age excuse. Sounds like the family needs to sue the doctor/s and/or hospital all the way to the wall for this. Wow.

Chainfire

(17,530 posts)
9. Some speculation
Sun Aug 2, 2020, 05:02 PM
Aug 2020

This person appears to have been Hispanic, in a very Red area, he may not have had enough insurance to keep him on the clock....

A couple of years ago, in a small town 45 miles from this incident (Blountstown, Fl.) an uninsured woman was tossed out of the ER when she was screaming about chest pain, the had security put her out on the sidewalk where she promptly died of a heart issue. That one did end in an undisclosed settlement and some staff changes.

Around here is is pay to play..... WELCOME TO FLORIDA

crickets

(25,962 posts)
12. Wow. It's an awful but inescapable scenario that shines a glaring light on how
Sun Aug 2, 2020, 05:10 PM
Aug 2020

affordable health care is a moral issue, and the country is long past due in coming to grips with that.

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