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“Even abandoning the patient would have been better than killing them.”

REALLY? Let them possibly suffer in the heat, humidity and stench of death, without ANY hope of being saved? That is just cruel. Do you REALLY believe that this doctor WANTED these people to die? That she had evil intent in her heart?
“ASK THE PATIENT”??? I have never read what these patients were being treated for, have you? Were they even ambulatory? Were they CAPABLE of giving consent? I don’t remember reading the answers to these questions. With what I have read, I have to give the doctor the benefit of the doubt.
You nor I know what was in her heart.

Yes, if the doctor said to me "I'm leaving. You're on your own. Do you want me to kill you before I go?" I would say "no, don't kill me. Maybe some other person will help me, maybe not, but I prefer not to be murdered."

You say there was no hope of being saved. That's just not true. These people would have been rescued pretty soon. Heat? Humidity? You're puliing my leg, right? You would actually kill someone so that they would not get hot and sticky and smell bad?

Yes, I believe that this doctor WANTED these people to die. She wanted to not have to stay with them but her duties required her to stay UNTIL THEY DIED. SO, she killed them.

Not ambulatory? I hate to break it to you, but non-ambulatory people have the right not to be killed, too. Some may have not been able to give consent, but some undoubtedly were. Was consent even sought from anyone? I doubt it, and what does that tell you. For people unable to consent, consent is implied for life saving care. Consent to be killed is never implied. This is not a hospice where people go knowing that they will die and prepared to die.

I understand your frustration but I think it is pointless to argue with these people screaming “MURDER”. The healthcare providers did the best they could in a horrible situation. My heart goes out to them and their families. How awful for them to now be forced to defend their actions. Calling them “murderers” is a far greater sin than anything they have been accused of.