No One Is To Blame, But We Are All Responsible

I read an article today that was on the front page of the Enquirer about a man who had mental illness and died alone of starvation. In the article it was trying to figure out who was to blame for the mans untimely death. He was under the care of a couple organization to help and check in on him for his mental illness condition. Only living relative was a sister that lived far away. As I read it I felt sad about the whole story because the organizations seemed to do everything right, checking in on him, taking food to him, etc. The sister was trying to make sure he had the helped that he needed to survive. He did not want to live with the sister, she could not force him to. The organizations that check on him saw that he was losing weight but they could not force him to eat, he said he was eating and that he was doing ok. I believe we are all responsible for others on this Earth, related to us or not. Maybe just a kind word, or to reach down and pick something up for someone, a simple phone call to a loved one.

Recently, there was a story on the news of a women, an RN who worked at a nursing home who called 911 because a resident, an 89 year old woman fell and collapsed and needed an ambulance. The nurse refused to perform any life saving techniques because it was against the policy of the nursing home, even though the 911 operator instructed her to do so. They asked her if she could find any person to help the dying woman, the nurse said "no", again, against their policy. I believe as a human being, nurse or not, we have to step up and do what we can to help others even if it means quiting your job,go ahead and do the human thing, take responsibility!!