Elderly Japanese Woman Dies after 30 Hospitals Refuse Her

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flyingbridge

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A tiny glimpse of our future, only we have the AMA's setting of seat limits rather than our gov't's doing it to thank for it. And to think, our own graying is only just beginning.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071228/ap_on_re_as/japan_ambulance_death

'The latest case underscores Japan's health care woes, in part created by a shortage of doctors in the country's rapidly aging society. Critics say long working hours and a government policy change several years ago to keep the number of doctors down are to blame.'

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Well what was the reason for refusing her ...may be no one can save her ??





 
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