An 80-year-old man from Cincinnati in America is making legal history by suing doctors who saved his wife. Edward Winter has witnessed his wife’s death from a (21) attack. The doctors had tried to restart her heart with an electric (22) with remarkable success, but leaving her brain (23) Her death was a long and (24) experience which he did not want to go through himself. After she died he asked his doctor (25) to save him in (26) circumstances, but instead to let him die (27) .
While out visiting in May 1988, Mr Winter (28) the heart attack which he so treated, and was rushed to St Francis hospital in Cincinnati. The doctor who (29) him wrote down on his chart that he was not to be (30) but the duty nurse was not informed of Mr Winter’s (31) . The nurse took the usual (32) action and tried to revive him with an electric shock.His life was saved (33) the treatment was not completely successful. Since then he (34) stay in a nursing home, partially (35) and barely able to speak without weeping. Thoughthere is (36) hope of improvement in his condition, doctors say he could (37) many more years. The hospital (38) his story, arguing that the injury suffered by Mr Winter is the (39) of an act of Col and they (40) him over ￡60,000 for saving his life.

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