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Michael Jackson's death could be related to medical malpractice
In case you haven't heard, Michael Jackson died. This has been the only news that certain websites have been discussing in the past few days. E-News first reported that Michael Jackson died at age 50 following cardiac arrest. Later reports from CNN confirmed that this horrible news was true. At first no one knew how the young pop legend could have sufferred cardiac arrest given his recent preparation for his upcoming tour.As days pass, rumors have come to the surface that Michael Jackson's cardiac arrest was caused by medical doctors who were providing his pain medicine at his home. The alleged drug that might have killed the singer is Propofol. The very potent drug, also known as Diprivan, is administered intravenously as a general anesthetic used to sedate patients for surgery and is only available to medical personnel. This drug is only used as an anesthetic agent for surgery. It works very quickly, usually in 30 seconds, to knock out a patient.
This drug sounds as scary as another strong pain medication/anesthetic, Fentanyl. There have been several cases of death following unsupervised Fentanyl use in the recent news.
Celebrities often receive treatment in their homes that most people can only recieve in hospitals or other medical facilities. This horrible trajedy proves that anyone can be a victim of medical malpractice.
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