I don't understand why we attempt to save/resuscitate people who attempt suicide...
If they are alive, the law requires every attempt be made to save their life.
It is absolutely cruel for the person involved, but it's how the medical community approaches medical care. That's why even the uninsured (and broke) people still get treatment, and why it can be one hell of a legal fight to get people taken off life support in some of the stranger medical situations. Per most state laws, hospitals must make every possible effort to keep someone alive.
And euthanasia on humans is illegal in the majority of places. There are a few exceptions (Washington state?), but doctor-assisted suicide and, in general, euthanasia, is exactly the kind of thing it would be called if a hospital were to let a failed suicide attempt actually progress to death.
One of the main reasons I think it's still illegal, is because both euthanasia and suicide are "sins" according to the great gospels of the world, and our lawmakers just love to follow those guidelines instead of thinking on their own. If we ever agree to allow doctors to help those who request it (think of those who are literally dying from disease, and also those who, one way or the other, plan on dying), we could actually make a positive difference (I'm thinking I'll need to write a lengthy post/essay to explain that one, and I don't care to do it right now). If it were legal in the hospital to do so, they could then literally either help someone in terrible shape from a botched attempt actually finish the job, or at least just let them go slowly.
I'm seriously surprised that guy never attempted it again. He might be a better man than I to accept the results of that botched attempt and go on with life.