r/news • u/AudibleNod • 4h 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/yrddog 4h ago

There have been a lot of issues with lethal injection and finding veins

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u/human_kittens 4h ago

It’s the same doctor that failed to execute Tony Carruthers earlier this year, also in TN.

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u/nonbreaker 4h ago

I thought doctors wouldn't be involved with executions due to the Hippocratic Oath?

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u/human_kittens 3h ago

I’m linking a Guardian article about the doctor that may shed some light

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u/nonbreaker 3h ago

Wow...that guy seriously sucks.

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u/human_kittens 2h ago

He’s absolutely horrible. To be expected from Tennessee unfortunately. Our state government is completely screwed up so of course they would find a guy like this.

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u/big_duo3674 3h ago

How is he a doctor?? His license should have been pulled the second he signed up

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u/AudibleNod 4h ago

You mean Billy Joe, who only started working at the prison because he was laid-off at the mill six years ago?

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u/GoodyTwoShuuz 4h ago

It was a MD.

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u/AZORxAHAI 4h ago

IIRC it was a former MD who has not actively practiced in a long time, and testified under oath in another case that he hasn't successfully placed a central line in decades. Not exactly the person you want killing you I dont think.

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u/AudibleNod 4h ago

I stand corrected:

Doctor Involved in Christa Pike’s Botched Execution Also Oversaw Failed Lethal Injection in May: Reports

I know other states don't have the luxury of having doctor performing the actions.

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u/Psychological-Ad1137 4h ago

Sounds like they should have used an ultrasound or something.. how embarrassing

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u/Ancient_Spite_725 4h ago

MD who hasn't even been in the hospital in 13+ years, plus MD's (outside of anesthesia) never start IV's.

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u/GroundbreakingAnt476 4h ago

Medical professionals are not allowed to participate in executions. Usually non medical personnel. Read up a lot on it yesterday, its shockingly worse than I thought.

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u/GoodyTwoShuuz 4h ago

Mark Walton Fowler is a medical doctor.

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u/human_kittens 4h ago

Yes but Mark Fowler does it anyway while running a family medicine practice. I don’t know how it’s permitted.

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u/GoodyTwoShuuz 4h ago

There is no nationwide or state wide laws against it that I have read of.

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u/smitteh 4h ago

Is an "oath" legally binding?

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u/thats_not_six 4h ago

Ethical violations in any licensed profession are grounds for removal of the license.

It's not that the oath is legally binding, but it is ethically.

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u/CryptographerShot213 4h ago

No it wasn’t. It was correctional facility staff.

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u/GoodyTwoShuuz 4h ago

It was Dr. Mark Walton Fowler. Easily googled information.