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velvetpage) wrote2005-12-22 08:08 pm
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How horrible.
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
http://www.wfaa.com/sharedcontent/dws/wfaa/latestnews/stories/wfaa051214_lj_african.bb0e76d.html
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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.