Like most things, it's not that simple. Frequently these machines are used for things like surgeries, which frequently may not need to be done right this day w

Like most things, it's not that simple. Frequently these machines are used for things like surgeries, which frequently may not need to be done right this day while still being important. Keeping this one person on it may simply have decreased the number of such surgeries that could be performed per day, mildly increasing patient wait time. How much of an increase in surgical throughput is worth killing someone for?