Ashlee Callie, a popular South African actress, was involved in a head-on automobile collision on Friday night, Feb. 8. She had weekend surgery for head injuries, and was in ICU and Recovery at Johannesburg General Hospital. Today, ONC Today is reporting that the hospital switched off Callie's life support machines resulting in her death on February 15th:"Apparently, allegedly, it is the hospital’s 'unofficial' policy that not one patient can stay in ICU for more than a week. One of the reasons given is that the hospital receives too many emergency patients who needs the ICU life support machines, almost on a daily basis. And the cost of running those machines are high."
"So if one patient stays for too long in ICU, and by the end of a week period there are no signs of them recovering, the machines are switched off."
What an abysmal and pathetic policy.
ReplyDeleteThis euthanasia movement is diabolic,
cold hearted and obsessed with the almighty
dollar.
God help the cruel bean counters who
deny live saving treatment to the critically
ill and incapacitated. They'll have some
explaining to do on judgement day!