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'This is how expensive it is to attempt suicide': Patient’s bill goes viral

posted by martyb on Friday April 19 2019, @08:11PM   Printer-friendly
from the Death-is-cheap-life-is-expensive-dept dept.

An Anonymous Coward writes:

Have you ever wondered what it costs to keep a person alive when they are on the brink of death? Thanks to a post by a suicide survivor who started a rash of posts concerning hospital costs for the mortally challenged we know that the hospital bill for suicide management can be from 10K to 100K. Oliver Jordan clocked up 25,000 likes and hundreds of responses to his post with some people saying it cost them 10K to 20K for a US emergency room visit. Once a patient enters a hospital they can racked many charges often without realising what the end bill will be.

In memory of MDC.

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  • (Score: 1, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Friday April 19 2019, @11:06PM (2 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Friday April 19 2019, @11:06PM (#832356)

    If you shoot yourself in the head correctly, it's 100% fatal and fast. The problem is that people do it wrong and wind up seriously brain damaged for life.

    Similarly, people frequently shah their wrists incorrectly and wind up in the suicide ward.

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  • (Score: 1, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday April 20 2019, @02:13AM (1 child)

    by Anonymous Coward on Saturday April 20 2019, @02:13AM (#832411)

    Yes, too many people put the gun up to their temple. A more sure method is to stick the barrel in your mouth and point it upwards a bit, towards the base of back of your skull where the cerebellum and brain steam are. Also, going to a remote area where you won't be found soon will help, as even if your aim is off a bit you're quite likely to bleed out anyway.

    Personally I've toyed with the idea of committing suicide by strapping my entire gun collection all over myself, and then hanging myself. Leaving them to ponder if it counts as a gun-related death or not. But then in college I minored in non-verbal sarcasm.