How horrible.

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I mourn this woman, younger than I am. I see in this one case the perfect reason why socialized health care is essential to a reasonable and civilized society. This could not have happened in a place where medicine wasn't governed directly by money.

http://www.wfaa.com/sharedcontent/dws/wfaa/latestnews/stories/wfaa051214_lj_african.bb0e76d.html

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If they were fighting for her tooth and nail, why couldn't they wait to either let nature take its course, or for her mother to get there? That's what would have happened in Canada.

I can't help but feel something went badly wrong when she was not allowed her dying wish. If she was so close to death anyway, a few more days wouldn't have been a big deal and the hospital might have saved itself a lot of bad press.