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Why call for doctor on the plane if they're just going to ignore you?

By Medpage Today  
   May 10, 2018

You may have read recently about the death of a 25-year-old nurse who suffered a pulmonary embolism during a flight. After she passed out in the bathroom, a physician who was also a passenger on the flight pleaded unsuccessfully with the pilot to divert the plane. The nurse suffered anoxic encephalopathy and died several days later.

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