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THEME NEWS STORIES
1 A. What kind of patients are connected to a life support unit?
B. Would you let doctors disconnect a beloved one from the life support unit if they asked
you to? Discuss with your friends.
C. Below is a news story that was covered by a newspaper in the US. It is about a Turkish
woman. Read it and answer the questions.
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Three Weeks at the Intensive Care Unit
hen the villagers heard the was waiting at the door of the members gathered together and
Wsirens of an ambulance in intensive care unit of the hospital. couldn’t agree. They decided
a village in southern Turkey in The doctors diagnosed a coronary to wait for some more time. A
a spring morning of 2017, they failure and it was fortunate that couple of days later, nothing had
started to wonder who it was as she was brought to hospital soon changed. The doctors asked for
it was probably for a neighbor or after her collapse as it took less the decision once more. This
an acquaintance from the village. than 5 minutes for her husband time, they let them unplug the
The village square was crowded to find her lying still on the floor life support unit in tears. Just as
with those who had rushed to and call the emergency. Due to one of the doctors unplugged the
the seriosity of the heart problem, unit, Fatma moved her eyelids.
Fatma was soon connected to a The doctors couldn’t believe their
life support unit. Meanwhile, all eyes. From that moment on, the
the family members, relations health staff and the family worked
and villagers were saying prayers day and night patiently and in
for a miraculous recovery. After cooperation for Fatma's recovery.
everything had been done, the In the end, they won. Fatma is
figure out what was happening. doctors told the family members healthy and back home in her
Soon, the sad news spread that it was impossible for her village, now...
around. Fatma had fallen on the to recover and there was not
ground while she was working in even a slightest chance of
the garden. For that was all that survival. They asked the family
the villagers heard, they were still members to make the decision
wondering the truth. That’s why on disconnecting her from the
her daughter Sultan’s cell phone life support unit, which meant the
kept ringing all the time while she decision on her death. The family
1. Why were the villagers worried? _________________________________________________________
2. What did Fatma suffer from? ___________________________________________________________
3. Why was Fatma connected to the life support unit? __________________________________________
4. How did the doctors feel when Fatma moved her eyelids? ____________________________________
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