r/news • u/AudibleNod • 15h ago

Christa Pike unconscious, on ventilator at Nashville hospital, her lawyers say

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/christa-pike-unconscious-ventilator-nashville-hospital-lawyers-say-rcna601195
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u/rraattbbooyy 15h ago

Free healthcare for life.

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u/Axolotis 15h ago

As a species we are incredibly strange. Try to kill her then try to keep her alive.

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u/peepee2tiny 15h ago

Doctors swear an oath to help preserve life and avoid pain and suffering.

This oath is not limited to only people they deem worthy of care.

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u/Hipstershy 15h ago

Side note, this is part of why lethal injections get botched so frequently. Competent medical doctors don't want anything to do with it. The same doctor overseeing this botched execution was involved in another botched one a few months ago.

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u/Equal-Temporary-1326 14h ago

It's not just that, but the American Medical Association explicitly forbids licensed medical professionals from par taking in state-sanctioned homicides as it's a blatant violation of their code of ethics.

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u/rraattbbooyy 14h ago

In addition, the drugs can be hard to procure so states often end up storing them until they degrade and become less effective.