The Patient
In Room 534
Tuesday, January 15, 2008
SUHARTO’S blood pressure suddenly dropped. The doctors were stunned. He was only semiconscious, gasping for breath. At one point, he even stopped breathing. On that Friday afternoon last week, Siti Hardijanti Rukmana, or Tutut, panicked. The eldest daughter of the New Order regime leader asked the doctors to hook him up to a ventilator. The device was able to alleviate her father’s breathing difficulty.
The doctors stood ready to care for hi
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