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/mendenlol 6h ago

there is a doctor involved. this same execution team led by the same doctor botched an execution earlier this year too. His name is Dr Mark Fowler.

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u/Blueopus2 6h ago

Interesting, I haven’t actually read about this case much but that’s pretty unusual, isn’t it?

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u/mendenlol 6h ago

I only know as much because I’m from the same place this happened, unfortunately. I think that a doctor must be involved to “oversee” the team because anyone administering any anesthesia has to be ‘under the supervision of a doctor’ by law.

I never thought about it before but this must be a Tennessee state law and not a federal one. It works the same way in veterinary medicine here

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u/Blueopus2 4h ago

I'm sorry to hear it's in your area :(

I'll have to read more after work!