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English → Spanish transcript
Todas las autopsias que he hecho a pacientes con cáncer,
ni uno solo de ellos murió de cáncer.
Murieron de insuficiencia hepática,
murieron de insuficiencia cardíaca, insuficiencia renal, todo debido a la
quimioterapia.
Tuvimos una paciente
que había pasado por quimio y radiación y le habían cocinado el hígado y le habían
cocinado los riñones. Vimos los análisis de sangre y nos dimos cuenta de que no le
quedaba prácticamente función orgánica de la que hablar.
Y dije:" Podemos hacer que esté más cómoda,"
pero el tratamiento
de radiación
que usaron con ella en realidad
ha destruido
sus órganos.
Así que hicimos lo que pudimos.
Le habían dado tres semanas,
nosotros le dimos seis meses,
y ella tuvo tiempo de despedirse de su familia.
Pero recuerdo entrar en el consultorio la mañana después de que ella falleció,
y este internista estaba sentado en el sofá de la sala de espera.
Y dije:"¿ Cuál es
el problema?"
Y me miró y me dijo:"
Estoy haciendo
el certificado
de defunción,
y no sé qué
poner como causa
de muerte".
Le dije:" Podrías intentar escribir la verdad
por una vez".
Y ella dijo:"¿ Sabes en cuántos problemas me puedo meter por hacer eso?"
Le dije:" Si vas a estudiar conmigo, vas a escribir la verdad".
Y escribió:
envenenamiento
por radiación como
causa de muerte.
Es la única
doctora que he
visto hacer eso.
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Original transcript (English)
All the autopsies I've done of cancer patients, not one of them died of cancer. They died of liver failure, they died of cardiac failure, renal failure, all due to chemotherapy.
We got a patient that had been through chemo and radiation We got a patient that had been through chemo and radiation We looked at the blood work and realized she had no organ function to speak of left. And I said, "We can make her more comfortable," but the radiation treatment that they used on her
but the radiation treatment that they used on her has actually destroyed her organs. has actually destroyed her organs. So we did what we could. So we did what we could.
She'd been given three weeks, we gave her six months, and she got time to say goodbye to her family. But I remember walking into the office the morning after she passed, and this internist was sitting on the waiting room couch. And I said, "What's the problem?"
And she looked at me and she said, "I'm doing the death certificate, And she looked at me and she said, "I'm doing the death certificate, And she looked at me and she said, "I'm doing the death certificate, and I don't know what to write for cause of death." and I don't know what to write for cause of death."
and I don't know what to write for cause of death." I said, "You might try writing the truth for a change." I said, "You might try writing the truth for a change." And she said, "You know how much trouble I can get in by doing that?" And she said, "You know how much trouble I can get in by doing that?"
I said, "If you're gonna study with me, you're gonna write the truth." And she wrote radiation poisoning And she wrote radiation poisoning cause of death. cause of death.
She's the only doctor I've ever seen do that. She's the only doctor I've ever seen do that.
