Posted on 03/04/2009 4:30:31 PM PST by BykrBayb
The parents of an 18-year-old Ohio man who suffered a brain injury while snowboarding claim in a lawsuit that doctors at a northwestern Pennsylvania hospital intentionally killed him so they could harvest his organs.
The lawsuit claims that Hamot Medical Center doctors and a representative of the Center For Organ Recovery and Education caused Gregory Jacobs' death by administering medication and by removing his breathing tube, causing him to suffocate.
"But for the intentional trauma or asphyxiation of Gregory Jacobs, he would have lived, or, at the very least, his life would have been prolonged," the lawsuit said.
The suit was filed Wednesday in U.S. District Court in Pittsburgh by Jacobs' parents, Michael and Teresa Jacobs, of Bellevue, Ohio. It seeks more than $5 million for their son's pain and suffering, medical bills and funeral expenses, plus punitive damages.
Lucia Conti, a Hamot spokeswoman, said the hospital had not seen the lawsuit, but its policy is to not comment on litigation. The Center for Organ Recovery and Education, a Pittsburgh-based organization that helps hospitals procure donated tissue, also declined to comment.
Jacobs fell on March 8, 2007, while snowboarding at Peek 'n Peak Ski Resort in Findley Lake, N.Y., and was flown to the Erie hospital, the lawsuit said.
The suit claims Hamot contacted the Center for Organ Recovery and Education about the donation of Jacob's organs even though his parents, who were at the hospital, wanted him to live. CORE directed that Jacob's organs be removed in the absence of a valid consent, the suit said.
"Gregory was alive before defendants started surgery and suffocated him in order to harvest his organs" including his heart, liver and kidneys, according to the suit.
The suit said Jacobs "experienced neither a cessation of cardiac activity nor a cessation of brain activities when surgeons began the procedures for removing his vital organs."
The suit said the Center for Organ Recovery and Education benefited by obtaining Jacob's organs "for transfer and sale to other individuals, who then paid money, a portion of which went to CORE, for the wrongful procurement of the organs."
I am sure that Obama will make organ harvesting mandatory in order to assure that everyone who needs a transplant gets them. until they can’t get them under nationalization of course
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I’ve destroyed my organs, so nobody will want them.
of course the Oministration might take them whether your alive or dead ‘in the public interest’
Sadly, I can see this happening.
It's the compassionate thing to do for a liberal.
I suppose they might be useful for research, or for transplanting into somebody they want to get rid of. I’d kind of like replacements for the organs I’ve trashed, but not bad enough to kill anyone for them.
Hey America! How’s that “new direction” thing doing?
Worst part is, the son wasn't even IN the hospital.
He had passed out in the basement after drinking a 12-pack of Milwaukee's Best Ice watching VH1's Metal Mania Weekend when hospital personnel came in through an unlocked window...
They asked for change, and that’s what we got. They’re changing organs from ours to theirs.
a patient is on the table and the Secret Medical Police go out and find a matching donor at random?
How can you find humor in this? WTF is wrong with you?
Sounds like it is time to start carrying ID that clearly states:
(Name) Organs Are NOT Suitable For Transplant And If Removed Should Be Retained As Biohazardous Medical Waste.
I wonder how much longer that could work. In China, they don’t necessarily reject organs just because they happen to be diseased. Eventually, we’ll be doing the same.
That’s scary. As much as I want a kidney transplant, I don’t want one THAT much. God bless them.
You don't think they will try?
They are always saying they desperately need more donors. Making it mandatory will fill the bill. At that point, if the organs don't get used, they'll say who cares and let them rot.
You joked about your ruined organs. How can you find humor in this? WTF is wrong with you?
Sounds like Mom and Dad are having a LOT of trouble letting go. I’ve known a few snowboarders in my time, and they would not want to spend life as some sort of vegetable.
No joke. They really are trashed and unsuitable for transplant. I could use some new ones, but I don’t want to participate in a corrupt system.
We all experience disappointments in life, sometimes in epic proportions. But that doesn’t give anyone the right to murder us and steal our organs.
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