I would like to thank Ms. Stella Paul for putting together such a well-written article [“Whatever Happened to Informed Consent?” published in the Sept. 20–26 edition] about a subject that is always at the front of my mind.
My mother passed away from COVID-19 in August 2021 and was horribly mismanaged at the hospital—for one, she tested positive, and after visiting the hospital ER, she was sent home on prednisone and ibuprofen. Three days later, she deteriorated rapidly and was admitted to the hospital, where she was put on a ventilator and expired a little more than three weeks later.
