Tirhas Habtegiris, a 27-year-old terminal cancer patient at Baylor Regional Medical Center in Plano, Texas, was removed from her ventilator last month because she couldn't pay her medical bills. The hospital gave Ms. Habtegiris' family 10 days' notice, and then, with the bills still unpaid, withdrew her life support on the 11th day. It took Ms. Habtegiris about 15 minutes to die.Technorati Tags: Slate, Mechanical Ventilation, Tirhas Habtegiris
Sunday, January 8, 2006
A woman who couldn't pay her bills is unplugged from her ventilator and dies. Is this wrong?
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