Sarah Arnquist, on the Hootan Roozrokh case: “Now, timing becomes important. The patient must die within an hour of being removed from the ventilator or the organs do not retain enough oxygen to be viable for transplantation.
After Navarro was removed from the ventilator, he continued breathing on his own. Prosecutors allege that Roozrokh tried to accelerate Navarro’s death by ordering 130 milligrams of morphine and 60 milligrams of Ativan in less than an hour.”
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Ever notice how malpractice by a physician is never identified as such by Kevin? He is “overzealous” or “made an innocent mistake”, or some such nonsense. But let a patient file a claim, and they and their lawyer are just greedy and trying to crush an innocent, hardworking, physician!
A link to Mitch Keamy’s second to last blog entry seems poignant, here.
If the donor is going to live for 3 hours then the organs are worthless. Why can’t we help him along, for the greater good?
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