Man Dies From Toothache, Couldn't Afford Meds

[tommymac]

Originally Posted by Avatard

The pain meds were probably much cheaper than the antibiotics.

Nobody wants to be in pain.

It's pretty clear the guy didn't make the right decision here, but the fact that he needed to make that decision, when if he lived in just about any other industrialized nation in the world, he would have been cared for, is what I agree is the tragedy here.

not if he was prescribed a penicillin, but we dont have all the facts here either