Brain-Dead Woman was removed from life support

I know in the US, patients are informed about their rights to establish their own directives in case if they become vegetables or for whatever reason, the patient can pre-opt not to be rescuitated at all. These patients have special wristbands which states "do not rescuitate" which clearly shows their wishes.

I believe that this is similar to the new case, where the woman felt that she was going for the worst, and that her quality of life and pain management was beyond her means of coping. Sometimes it's for the best that the patients be "let go" instead of being kept alive against their wills, forcing them to suffer in their pains.
 
ravensteve1961 said:
Well how come 10 years ago chicago police arrested the boys father for murder when doctors refused to take him off life support when the father asked him to? The cops charged him with murder when he pointed a gun at the doctor but no shots were fired.But cops play favorites between doctors and private citenzens.Cause doctors are above the laws and when they do something wrong like wrongful death you can only sue them cops will not make any arrests if you die on a medical mistake.But when you hold a gun to them and make em respect your sons wishes oh yeah theyre make an arrest.But when it comes to doctors very rarely theyre go to jail.
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Where did that come from?
 
911 Gone Bad Turns To Murder By Numbers

Hello, friends I have a nightmare story I would appreciate your thoughts and any help you see my 25 year old sister was in an emergence situation and was trying to help her and I told my younger sister to call 911 and she did but the 911 rep did not attend her then after a little while I asked my sister if she called 911, she said she did but the rep is not answering her so I took the the phone.

I first told the rep my address and asked her to please send the ambulance because my sister was dying but her response was please stop screaming at me but I told her that I was not screaming at her but that I and people were crying because my sister was dying but she kept saying furiously stop screaming at me sir the one that was screaming was her not me then she said that first need to answer some question.

Then I said ok ask the question but then she did not say a thing it took more phone call for her to send the ambulance then she sent the wrong crew because she put a request for crew that deals with violent mental patients then after they took my sister to the hospital the lies and deception began the doctors informed us the my sister was ok but that she was very sick that it would take 42 to 72 hours for them know what happened but then after half an hour one doctor came all preoccupied telling us what was our sister's wish we told her that our sister had not have a proxy or a will but she said that our sister could make it alive but that she could've being handicap we explicitly told the doctor that we want our sister to remain in life support until we get a second opinion and she said ok that we had the right to do that.

So after couple hours I asked to see my sister they said ok and I went to see my sister I was there for a while and I was saying emotional words to her in her ear and every time I mentioned her about her 2 children and what they asked about her the life support machine would beep and I felt and was reassured that my sister was alive and that she would make it through that.

But then the doctors because they had a plan would let anyone see my sister violating her patient rights and there were people there using cellphone inside her room in front of the nurses when I was informed I made complains but they did not do a thing about it ten I asked to see the doctors they told me that the doctors were occupied but when I demand to see the doctors they said that they went to call the doctor but the doctor never came.

Then they kept violating my sister patient rights given privileged info to any one that was at the hospital when made complains to a chaplain that the hospital sent she agreed that I was right. then they said if the doctors were to do anything regarding my sister situation they would hold meetings with the whole immediate family or wait until the whole family is together before any decision was to be taken but then they decided without my sister's immediate family present to take my sister out of life support even after my cousin pleaded with the doctor not to take my sister out of life support because she has seen similar cases where where I a friend of hers was couple days on life support and she came back from the coma but they alleged that they had to clean the room as if my sister was a trash that was there the way that they treated my sister if was not a Christian they I could've make them pay with there lives because these murders deeply harmed me but because I am a Bible student I live that to the true God but I would appreciate your help at this trying times Thank you for your Time and any Help.

And this thing has caused my little Brother psychological trauma this' not about death or brain death because as a Christian I know accordingly to the Biblical truth why we die and why bad things happen and I am not afraid of nothing but brain death is still undefined even if she was brain dead they should respect my sisters as a patient and and her family and do what they did less than 10 hours because the family would've want to my sister so I would appreciate your helpful thoughts and any help you see I've contact couple lawyer but as some of you said it as if the Doctors are above the law. so I would appreciate any helpful thoughts you see this was and is still a shock not death but the fact that my sister was brutally murdered by doctors at a hospital and I respect your opinions Thank you for your Time.
 
ravensteve1961 said:
Still gives you no right to take her off life support.If you want Hire a lawyer and get courts permisson to take her off life support. I cant find link, like i said it was 10 years ago.
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If she had a living will or a medical directive stating that it was her wish to be removed from life support, and that no heroic measures were to be taken to save her life in the case of irreversible brain damage, then the doctor was following the law. He has to obey advanced directives, and the advanced directive may have very well stated that her wishes were not to receive life support. In which case, the doctor had the patient's order, and the court's permission is not necessary.
 
ravensteve1961 said:
Like i said,It was 10 years ago kids father took gun in hospital and order the staff to turn off the machines when his boy was on life support and police arrested him.
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They should have arrested him. He took a gun into a hospital and threatened people.
 
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