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For four hours, officials at the Maryland Shock Trauma Center barred William
Robert Flanigan Jr. from his dying partner's bedside, saying he was not
"family", and that 'partners' did not qualify. Though Flanigan had legal
power of attorney for his partner, Robert Lee Daniel, officials at the Shock
Trauma Center insisted he would not be allowed his partner's bedside. Only
when Daniel's mother arrived from New Mexico, was Flanigan allowed into
Daniel's room. By that time, Daniel had lost consciousness. He would die
two days later.
Because Flanigan was not present during Daniel's final four hours of
consciousness, Flanigan was unable to tell Shock Trauma that Daniel did not
want breathing tubes or a respirator. When Daniel tried to rip the tubes out
of his throat, staff members put his arms in restraints.
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