Son removed mother’s breathing tube. Why are children so cruel! In a car accident in the urban area of ??Meishan, Sichuan, Zhu Sufen was seriously injured and was lying in the intensive care unit with a breathing tube inserted to maintain her life. When Zhu Sufen's child came to visit, he took the opportunity to remove her breathing tube and even prevented medical staff from rescuing her, hoping to end her mother's life early.
Son pulled out mother’s breathing tube. Why are children so cruel?
In a car accident in Meishan City, Sichuan, Zhu Sufen was seriously injured and was lying in the intensive care unit with a breathing tube inserted to maintain her life. When Zhu Sufen's child came to visit, he took the opportunity to remove her breathing tube and even prevented medical staff from rescuing her, hoping to end her mother's life early.
Zhu Sufen passed away soon. At present, many family members, including her two children, have been taken compulsory measures by the police on suspicion of intentional homicide. Yesterday, a reporter from Chengdu Commercial Daily learned that the police were conducting further investigation into the case, but the police would not disclose more details for the time being. A reporter from Chengdu Commercial Daily conducted multiple interviews.
During the visit, the son pulled out his mother’s breathing tube
On October 31, 2015, a car accident occurred on Hangzhou Road in the urban area of ??Meishan City. Zhu Sufen, who was in her 50s, was involved in a car accident with a motorcycle. Zhu Sufen was seriously injured in the traffic accident and was later transferred to the intensive care unit of Meishan People's Hospital for rescue. On November 2, Zhu Sufen's son Zheng Moumou and other family members pulled out Zhu Sufen's breathing tube during a visit. After the ventilator alarmed, the nursing staff went to pick up the ventilator, but were stopped by the family members.
On November 16, several nursing staff from the intensive care unit of Meishan People’s Hospital confirmed to a reporter from Chengdu Commercial Daily that at the time of the incident, medical staff Liu was conducting an inspection. The intensive care unit was not large and the field of view was relatively large. After Zheng and others pulled out their breathing tubes, they were soon discovered by Liu and others. "As long as the respirator alarms or there is an abnormality in the instrument, it will be discovered immediately." During the process, they also had a conflict with a doctor who was filming the incident.
Before extubation, the family members refused to sign and give up treatment
“When we saw them insisting on extubation, we were still a little angry. After all, they were our parents, how could we solve it in this way? "What's the problem?" Liu said that the patient's family members were a little agitated, and he and his colleagues kept trying to comfort them.
According to Liu, the family members had thought of giving up before. He and his colleagues had communicated with Zheng Moumou and others about the matter and proposed a response plan, but the family members rejected it. "We said if you want to give up treatment, just sign and give up, but they said it was impossible to sign."
The reporter met the ICU doctor who filmed the extubation of Zheng Moumou and others on November 2 at Meishan People's Hospital. Ye Xuemei. As for the situation when the incident occurred on November 2, Ye Xuemei said that she had already gone to the police to make an inquiry record, and she did not want to make any further introduction.
The son behind the tragedy: "There is really no other way"
In fact, since Zhu Sufang was admitted to the intensive care unit, Liu has had more contact with his family members and sympathizes with them, "He His mother suffered a severe brain injury and fell into a coma. He saw that his mother was getting more and more annoyed. The expenses were relatively high, and they had to raise money and worry about her illness. "
Although there is. There have been conflicts, but Liu also believes, "They have no ill intentions towards us, they do not want to hurt me, and they do not deliberately target us."
At around 9 pm on November 16, in Dongpo, Meishan City In a barber shop on Hangzhou Road in the district, a reporter from Chengdu Commercial Daily met Zhu Sufen’s son Zheng Moumou. Zheng Moumou said that the place where the car accident occurred was not far from the barber shop, and the method of removing the mother's breathing tube was really helpless. "There is really no other way. The hospital said several times that there was not much hope, and they ( The hospital keeps asking us to pay, and our heads are spinning.”
Zheng Moumou said that the barber shop is run by himself and his sister, and the debt has not been paid off yet.
"It's too hard to make money now, and the competition is huge. After this incident, my store was closed for a few days. My mother is still in the funeral home. As a child, we cannot let her be buried in peace." Zheng Moumou said, " I always think that I may be imprisoned one day. What will happen if the baby is imprisoned? The two families are separated..."
Expert: Taking the initiative to extubate is different from giving up treatment
Ruan Qilin, a criminal law professor at China University of Political Science and Law, said in an interview with a reporter from Chengdu Commercial Daily that the behavior of the family members in this case was suspected of intentional homicide.
Ruan Qilin analyzed that resuscitation is to maintain life, and there is a difference between actively extubating and giving up treatment. Removing the breathing tube is obviously fatal to the person who is being rescued, and he does not want the injured to live. It is subjective There is an act of depriving others of their lives or preventing their lives. In this specific situation, subjectively hoping that the life of the injured person will end early does meet the conditions for the crime of intentional homicide. Ruan Qilin said that the criminal law stipulates that no one can deprive others of their lives.
If extubation is not the cause of death, does it still constitute a crime? Ruan Qilin said that even if extubation was not the cause of death, legally speaking, what Zheng and others did was suspected of intentional homicide. Theoretically speaking, extubation only needs to be an objectively fatal act, but it does not require actual fatality. "For example, in order to kill someone, I fired a shot at him. The miss does not affect the killing."
Related cases: Shenzhen's "extubated husband" was sentenced to probation
At about 16:00 on February 9, 2009, Wen Yuzhang's wife Hu Jing collapsed at home. Hu Jing remained unconscious during treatment, and the hospital issued a critical illness notice.
Seven days later, Wen Yuzhang visited Hu Jing and removed the breathing tube, blood pressure monitoring tube and other medical equipment from Hu Jing. When the nurse and doctor saw this, they stepped forward to stop him. Wen stopped the doctor from treating him and said that the patient was in too much pain and wanted to give up treatment. About an hour later, Hu Jing died.
According to the forensic examination, the cause of death was that the deceased had a spontaneous heartbeat but no spontaneous breathing during hospitalization. He was maintained by a ventilator and died after the tracheal intubation was removed.
In 2010, the Shenzhen Intermediate People’s Court convicted Wen Yuzhang of intentional homicide and sentenced Wen Yuzhang, the extubated husband, to three years in prison with a three-year suspended sentence. The prosecutor's office protested. The Guangdong High Court made a final ruling and upheld the first-instance judgment of the Shenzhen Intermediate Court.
However, in the case of Zhu Sufang’s death in Meishan, it has not yet been determined whether the removal of the breathing tube is related to Zhu Sufang’s death.