Legacy Matters

"No one can confidently say that he will still be living tomorrow"

At the Manchester Royal Infirmary in England, a Woman bleeds to death after doctor accidentally punctures jugular while inserting a drip - and no blood is available for transfusion.

Just off  the Greek holiday town of Koroni, a British millionaire was found dead next to his luxury yacht after going for a lunchtime swim.

NM man falls to his death while re-enacting a move from the "Ultimate Fighting Championship."

While in Illinois, a woman died on the surgery table after being severely burned in a flash fire.  Apparently this is a rare but continuing problem in operating rooms.  About 550-600 flash fires during surgery occur each year but only one or two die,

Surgical flash fires are most often sparked by electric surgical tools when oxygen builds up under surgical drapes.
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But worries have mounted in recent years with increased use of electrosurgical devices and the replacement of cloth hospital drapes with those made of more-flammable, disposable synthetic fabric.

The quote in the title is from the Greek playwright Euripides