ingilizce 12 unit 7/68
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Three Weeks at the Intensive Care Unit

When the villagers heard the sirens of an ambulance in a village in southern Turkey in a spring morning of 2017, they started to wonder who it was as it was probably for a neighbor or an acquaintance from the village. The village square was crowded with those who had rushed to figure out what was happening. Soon, the sad news spread around. Fatma had fallen on the ground while she was working in the garden. For that was all that the villagers heard, they were still wondering the truth. That’s why her daughter Sultan’s cell phone kept ringing all the time while she was waiting at the door of the intensive care unit of the hospital. The doctors diagnosed a coronary failure and it was fortunate that she was brought to hospital soon after her collapse as it took less than 5 minutes for her husband to find her lying still on the floor and call the emergency. Due to the seriosity of the heart problem, Fatma was soon connected to a life support unit. Meanwhile, all the family members, relations and villagers were saying prayers for a miraculous recovery. After everything had been done, the doctors told the family members that it was impossible for her to recover and there was not even a slightest chance of survival. They asked the family members to make the decision on disconnecting her from the life support unit, which meant the decision on her death. The family members gathered together and couldn’t agree. They decided to wait for some more time. A couple of days later, nothing had changed. The doctors asked for the decision once more. This time, they let them unplug the life support unit in tears. Just as one of the doctors unplugged the unit, Fatma moved her eyelids. The doctors couldn’t believe their eyes. From that moment on, the health staff and the family worked day and night patiently and in cooperation for Fatma's recovery. In the end, they won. Fatma is healthy and back home in her village, now...