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This story was handed down from the "gold old days" and involved an
ambulance driver from one of the local private services. They got a
call for a "DOA" and went to the house where the patient was in fact
dead. Of course back then, 25 or so years ago, pre hospital people
were not allowed to make this decision. So, the crew tried to
diplomatcally prepare the family for the bad news. The wife of the
deceased kept asking if her husband was dead, and the crew kept
telling her that they had no authority to make that decision. However,
the wife wouldn't give up. So, in exasperation, the "ambulance driver"
said, "Look, lady, I can't tell you he's dead, but if I were you, I
wouldn't get him anything for Christmas that I couldn't return."

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