23 May Discovering my family tree- May 23, 2020
Posted at 12:19h
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There is a lot of debate about the causes of death nowadays. Take a look at the above death certificate from 1967. The immediate cause of death was a ruptured ulcer and the resulting infection. However, the person already had pancreatic cancer, and they fractured their Ilium (hip) when they fell out of bed. They died 12 days after falling out of bed. Without getting into politics, some doctors are saying that hospital administrators are pressuring them to declare COVID-19 as the cause of death, due to reimbursement policies. My understanding is that COVID-19 is not usually the immediate cause of death,...
