NotMyOldRedditName comments on Renee Good still had a pulse 8 minutes after she was shot by an ICE agent. And yet the offer to administer aid from a physician on the scene, following his Hippocratic Oath, was denied.

[–] NotMyOldRedditName@lemmy.world 20 points 6 months ago (1 child)

I imagine that the family could sue over that, but is that something a doctor can sue over?

[–] Abundance114@lemmy.world -1 points 6 months ago (1 child)

A doctor has no legal obligation or mandate to treat people; they have an obligation to not harm the patients they are treating.

I'd love to see a timeline of the shooting until medical arrived, it's probably jacked up but I don't think immediately allowing anyone onto the scene is correct either.

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[–] gedaliyah@lemmy.world 1 point 6 months ago (1 child)

Law enforcement officers have a legal obligation to render aid, which may include allowing a physician to treat an injured person at the scene of a shooting.

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[–] Abundance114@lemmy.world -3 points 6 months ago

Law enforcement officers have a legal obligation to render aid

Even if we accept that point, which is debatable, they have higher priorities. They don't have an officer involved shooting and then the second bullets stop flying everyone just goes into first aid mode.

Securing the scene is a higher priority, even firefighters and EMTs aren't allowed on scene until the scene is secured, so why should some random person who claims to be a doctor? Furthermore the police suddenly become liable for the safety of the individual rendering aid if they allow them on scene.

This entire situation is exasperated by the presence of a hostile crowd, just like the George Floyd situation; had the police not been constantly threatened by an aggressive crowd they could have focused much more on the suspect that required aid.

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