FBI: Dzhokhar Tsarnaev Remains In Serious Condition

[DonViejo]

Source: TPM

ERIC LACH 10:25 AM EDT, SUNDAY APRIL 21, 2013

The FBI's Boston office released the following statement on Sunday:

According to Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Dzhokhar Tsarnaev remains in serious condition. The FBI is releasing this information at the request of the hospital.

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[spartan61]

1. Who is going to pay for

his medical care??? The American people???

[DonViejo]

2. He's either covered by an insurance policy...

that is mandatory for all college students in MA....unless they are covered by RomneyCare

[olddad56]

3. why not, we pay for George Bush's and Dick Cheney's medical.

[Yo_Mama]

4. Yes, basically

Once you are in custody, medical care is the responsibility of the state.

I believe that if he is currently covered by an insurance policy, the hospital will bill that insurance policy first. But of course, he's not going to be paying premiums. So at some point the entire cost will fall upon the custodial authority.

[Posteritatis]

9. Yes. Cope. (nt)

[iandhr]

5. What is the difference between "serious" and "critical" condition?

I have herd both those terms used in the case of the bombing suspect.

[DonViejo]

6. Just Googled your question...

and got this answer from Yahoo Answers by someone named Rich, who got his answer from the source he ID's below. Link for this Yahoo Answer: http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20081125043518AAyIkDg

Most of us use "serious", when an illness or injury can have a long term effect, or a bad outcome, or lead to a chronic ailment. For instance I might say, "Your son has a serious laceration to his leg."

Critical on the other hand, is usually reserved for the immediate threat of death or further injury by a medical condition. For example, "The lab called to warn us of a critical blood sugar level on this patient. I we don't get it down, he might have a seizure."

Rich
Source(s):
http://onlinefirstaid.org

[NutmegYankee]

7. Here:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medical_state

[John2]

8. Why would the

question about paying for the life threatening wounds of anyone be a serious question? I don't care what the person did, you give them medical assistance. Prisoners are wards of the State period. We do not accept torture in any environment.

[tblue]

10. Agree. We need him healthy.

The aim is to get him back to a state of capacity where we can try him and then punish him. Kinda gross sounding but that's what it is and it's really the right thing to do. Ours is not an 'an eye for an eye'-based judicial system. Thank goodness.