Life Support
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Child’s breathing tube can be removed despite parents’ protest: Quebec appeal courtDoctors have been saying the breathing tube should be removed because it's doing more harm than good and that the child should receive end-of-life care .CanadaJan 18, 2023
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COVID had him on his deathbed, then frontline hospital workers saved this Sask man’s lifeRob Friesen was alone at the hospital and in isolation when he was told he had two hours to tell family members he was going on life support. He awoke from a coma two weeks later.HealthApr 22, 2022
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Woman dies of injuries in crash with grain truck near St. Thomas, Ont.Jessie Reimer and her one-month-old baby Aria were in an SUV travelling westbound when police say it collided with the back of a grain truck on Sept. 30.CanadaOct 7, 2021
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When a ventilator isn’t enough: Why younger COVID-19 patients can need artificial lungsAs COVID-19 variants push younger patients into Canadian ICUs, medical teams are resorting to artificial lungs, or ECMO, to save them.HealthApr 26, 2021
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U.S. boy, 12, dies after trying TikTok ‘blackout challenge’Joshua Haileyesus was found unconscious after trying the viral choking challenge for TikTok.LifestyleApr 15, 2021
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Calgary scientist who studied COVID-19 survives virus, inspiring othersA Calgary man who spent years studying the novel coronavirus in China ended up battling COVID-19 himself. He survived and is giving others hope.FeaturesMar 23, 2021
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Curve Lake First Nation woman removed from life-support following injuries in assaultCileana Taylor, 22, died in hospital late Thursday after family made a decision to remove her from life-support.CrimeMar 3, 2021
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Daughter of Burnaby firefighter becomes second victim of fatal Abbotsford crashFamily friends have confirmed Madeline Stroup, also known as Maddy, is being kept alive to allow doctors to salvage her organs for donation, which she signed up for when she was 16.Aug 2, 2019
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Woman finds out man she terminated life support for wasn’t her brother, sues hospitalShirell Powell is now suing a Bronx hospital over the case of mistaken identityWorldJan 29, 2019
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Ontario judge won’t rule if brain dead means legally dead in case of Orthodox Jewish manThe decision by Ontario Superior Court Justice Glenn Hainey that the case had become moot upset relatives of Shalom Ouanounou.CanadaNov 14, 2018
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