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NickB79

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24. We deny it all the time though

Reply to joshcryer (Reply #19)

Sat Sep 14, 2013, 05:05 PM

Sep 2013

We deny treatment to people with cancer or heart disease all the time when they're still treatable, until they're terminal. THEN we'll give token treatment in the ER to those patients when they finally come in with days or weeks left to live.

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Syria attacks hospitals, denies healthcare as "weapon of war" - UN [View all] Sand Wind Sep 2013 OP

Ethnic cleansing by Assad's Alawite ethno-religious sect (11 % of the population). nt Bernardo de La Paz Sep 2013 #1

Russia increasingly boxed in. joshcryer Sep 2013 #2

Solution: Take Assad alive KamaAina Sep 2013 #3

I hope it will happen... Sand Wind Sep 2013 #4

"...we send him a subpoena ?" KansDem Sep 2013 #5

But, that is bad ! Sand Wind Sep 2013 #6

Easier said than done ButterflyBlood Sep 2013 #29

This message was self-deleted by its author uppityperson Sep 2013 #7

the website is citing reuters joshcryer Sep 2013 #8

I was wrong, the linked place is Thomas Reuters Foundation. I was wrong, so ignore me. uppityperson Sep 2013 #9

Clearly a matter for the UN. [n/t] Maedhros Sep 2013 #10

I'm glad the UN is investigating and reporting this. bvar22 Sep 2013 #11

I have no doubt that if the rebels had Russian bought heavy arms... joshcryer Sep 2013 #18

"stop sick and wounded getting treatment, acts which constitute war crimes," Ghost Dog Sep 2013 #12

That was my thought - we deny health care cheerfully if there is no money. djean111 Sep 2013 #13

Indeed. Ghost Dog Sep 2013 #14

you may have your answer here Sand Wind Sep 2013 #16

This reminds me of the Bahrain medics who were arrested en masse. joshcryer Sep 2013 #20

Im mostly sure the doctor where doing this under constraint.nt Sand Wind Sep 2013 #21

It is illegal to deny life threatening treatment to someone in the US. joshcryer Sep 2013 #19

Great ! Nt Sand Wind Sep 2013 #22

We deny it all the time though NickB79 Sep 2013 #24

Yes, our health care system in inadequate DemocratSinceBirth Sep 2013 #26

You forgot about the incubators being overturned warrant46 Sep 2013 #15

Well, this is a UN report. Wilms Sep 2013 #17

Doesn't Russia use Ketchum Public Relations?/nt DemocratSinceBirth Sep 2013 #27

1 manufactured atrocity does not mean all subsequent ones will be n/t EX500rider Sep 2013 #23

But it means any given one could be, so you have to be careful daleo Sep 2013 #25

Kinda interesting to compare denial of medical care as a weapon of war Trillo Sep 2013 #28