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Cake day: August 2nd, 2023

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  • In the US, doctors are obligated to treat patients in immediate need of care (in a professional setting - an emergency department, for example - not just walking down a street.) They can’t discriminate against patients for non-clinically relevant reasons (race, gender identity, etc.) They CAN refuse care if they lack specific skills or the patient is “abusive.”

    HOWEVER, these are ethical obligations (I pulled that info from the American Medical Association’s Code of Medical Ethics.)

    You asked about legal obligations.

    I am not well versed in doctors’ legal duty of care - laws are not consistent across national and local jurisdictions.

    You also used the word “aid” so I am approaching it from an emergency context.

    In a professional setting, there are limited reasons a medical professional could refuse emergency care where the immediate outcome is death. Perhaps someone with more legal expertise could direct you - I’m only familiar with ethical constraints.


















  • You should be ashamed of yourselves!

    Back in the driveway, we were nothing!

    Now we’ve risen to the highest level, but you’re throwin’ it all away!

    If you’ve forgotten what baseketball means to America, you have only to look at this board - the Malaka-Laka Balance Board of Trust.

    Don’t you see what we have here?

    A game where guys with bad backs and bad knees can… get together and compete on the same field as guys that are all goosed up on steroids.

    But more than anything, isn’t this game about gettin’ together with your friends and just havin’ a good time?

    I remember. I remember a long time ago, I didn’t have anybody.

    You guys took me in. I guess that’s why it kills me to see you like this.

    If we can’t be friends… then the heart and soul are out of this game. Certainly out of me. I know I’ll never get that back again.

    We have sullied the waters of the Lagoon of Peace!

    I’m begging you, for the love of our Caribbean brothers, dudes, stop this madness!