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General => General Discussion => Topic started by: JFC on April 07, 2006, 06:37:44 AM

Title: Traffic accident victim dies after refusing treatment.
Post by: JFC on April 07, 2006, 06:37:44 AM

What a dumbass.

http://mdn.mainichi-msn.co.jp/national/news/20060406p2a00m0na015000c.html

Title: Traffic accident victim dies after refusing treatment.
Post by: ctz on April 07, 2006, 07:41:49 AM

That could kinda bad also for the another party of the traffic accident. They can accuse him for involuntary manslaughter now :)

Title: Traffic accident victim dies after refusing treatment.
Post by: JTRIX on April 07, 2006, 09:28:03 AM

well first he was drunk during the car accident, so perhaps he didn't see the car coming over or the driver didn't notice him walking across the street while drunk.

Anyhow I feel like he was stupid not to get treated.

Title: Traffic accident victim dies after refusing treatment.
Post by: suki* on April 08, 2006, 05:08:48 PM

For a minute there before reading the article, I thought it was rejection of treatment due to personal beliefs or something... But I guess this chap was way too inebriated to know just how a shape he was in after the accident... >_<

Title: Traffic accident victim dies after refusing treatment.
Post by: ctz on April 08, 2006, 06:28:53 PM

It would be nice to know what kind of accident it was.

Title: Traffic accident victim dies after refusing treatment.
Post by: maximum23 on April 09, 2006, 03:00:08 AM

Um........okay

Title: Traffic accident victim dies after refusing treatment.
Post by: jimmy on April 09, 2006, 11:57:23 PM

He was drunk so I guess he didn't realise how bad a shape he was in, and from the doctor's point of view it's pretty hard to get something through someone's (cracked ) skull if they're drunk as hell. I wonder if he had children or was married.

Title: Traffic accident victim dies after refusing treatment.
Post by: Sei-san on April 10, 2006, 11:07:39 AM

If he was that drunk, shouldn't the hospital or the police have some kind of responsability?

Title: Traffic accident victim dies after refusing treatment.
Post by: vicmu on April 11, 2006, 05:28:22 AM

yeah, i thought there was a rule where the hospital would be able to make decisions for the patient if the patient is otherwise incapable of making a sound decision, and if family couldn't be contacted to make decisions for the patient...
although it's possible the drunk dood felt he was ok and didn't want to pay for the hospital bill for being what he thought was a mild injury.

Title: Traffic accident victim dies after refusing treatment.
Post by: Asmodai on April 11, 2006, 08:58:25 AM

It happens fairly frequently - and patients can always choose to sign out AMA (unless insane). Hospitals aren't prisons after all.