[Avodah] pikuach nefesh

[Eli Turkel]

<<IMHO  this is against R' Moshe (I"M  C"M 2:73) and R'SZA (M"S Tnina (2-3)
86)  both  of which state iiuc  once you start you can't switch - there's an
element of zchiyah by the choleh (although I can't tell you where that
theory comes from)>>

R Zilberstein also agrees that once a person is on a machine one cannot
remove the patient to save someone else. A number of times he has advocated
putting these machines on timers (say once a day)
and then one is not required to renew the clock.

Sorry I wasnt clear. The case of R. Zilberstein was a doctor holding a wound
to prevent excessive bleeding. He felt that leaving such a patient for one
with a better chance of living was only grama and so allowed while pulling
the plug is direct murder.

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Eli Turkel
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