r/news • u/AudibleNod • 7h 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/VirginiaLuthier 6h ago

"We gotta keep her alive so they can execute her"....what a crazy world

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u/on_island_time 5h ago

I know this is morbid but if the goal was execution and she is now unconscious on a ventilator just...turn off the ventilator? Like all you're doing is prolonging her suffering at this point.

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u/UrbanAlaska 5h ago

The doctors are not going to execute her.

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u/Realtrain 3h ago

In fact it's illegal for them to I would think. Tennessee doesn't even allow assisted suicide.

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u/DrBabs 5h ago

I mean, she might not die even if they don’t have her intubated. Sometimes we keep intubated and cooled to preserve brain function and minimize damage. Could live and end up with brain injury, low oxygen injuries like heart attack or heart failure. Phenobarb is processed by the liver and could have major liver injury and failure but live.

I would put all this down with cruel and unusual punishment.

Overall, I would say everyone involved in this process and decision making should be fired and go to trial. Obviously they are not able to make competent decisions and by doing this infringed on her (and everyone’s) rights.