It's Happening Again (We've Got Another Schiavo, Starving In GA, No Brain-Damage)

Media Release | 4-6-05 | The Family of Mae Magouirk

[nicmarlo]

Message to Governor sent.

[Sun]

Do you mean something like this? I'll start putting this on other threads.

Another woman is being hydrated and starved to death. For those who don't know background, story is at end of contacts.

Please see this thread for more info.

http://www.freerepublic.com/perl/post?id=1379016%2C591

Please help us notify media. Do as much as you can. If you only have a little time, please do SOMETHING. Thanks.

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Here's the background for those who don't know:

To view ENTIRE article, visit http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/a...RTICLE_ID=43688

Thursday, April 7, 2005
MATTERS OF LIFE AND DEATH
Granddaughter yanks grandma's feeding tube
81-year-old neither terminally ill, comatose, nor in vegetative state
Posted: April 7, 2005
7:33 p.m. Eastern

By Sarah Foster
© 2005 WorldNetDaily.com

In a situation recalling the recent death of Terri Schiavo in Florida, an 81-year-old widow, denied nourishment and fluids for nearly two weeks, is clinging to life in a hospice in LaGrange, Ga., while her immediate family fights desperately to save her life before she dies of starvation and dehydration.

Mae Magouirk was neither terminally ill, comatose nor in a "vegetative state," when Hospice-LaGrange accepted her as a patient about two weeks ago upon the request of her granddaughter, Beth Gaddy, 36, an elementary school teacher.

Also upon Gaddy's request and without prior legal authority, since March 28 Hospice-LaGrange has denied Magouirk normal nourishment or fluids via a feeding tube through her nose or fluids via an IV. She has been kept sedated with morphine and ativan, a powerful tranquillizer.

Her nephew, Ken Mullinax, told WorldNetDaily that although Magouirk is given morphine and ativan, she has not received any medication to keep her eyes lubricated during her forced dehydration.

"They haven't given her anything like that for two weeks," said Mullinax. "She can't produce tears."

The dehydration is being done in defiance of Magouirk's specific wishes, which she set down in a "living will," and without agreement of her closest living next-of-kin, two siblings and a nephew: A. Byron McLeod, 64, of Anniston, Ga.; Ruth Mullinax, 74, of Birmingham, Ala.; and Ruth Mullinax's son, Ken Mullinax.

Magouirk's husband and only child, a son, are both deceased.

In her living will, Magouirk stated that fluids and nourishment were to be withheld only if she were either comatose or "vegetative," and she is neither. Nor is she terminally ill, which is generally a requirement for admission to a hospice.

Magouirk lives alone in LaGrange, though because of glaucoma she relied on her granddaughter, Beth Gaddy, to bring her food and do errands.

(Excerpt)

[nicmarlo]

Thanks for posting that, Expat...but, disclaimer here...I'm not a lawyer...I'm a paralegal! : )

[eeevil conservative]

GOD BLESS YOU!!

I will talk to Kenneth in the morning and get this all coordinatee with him!!!

THANKS!!

YOU ARE THE BEST!!!

[ExPatInFrance]

Can sombody who can spell please send a message to Phil Dragooo and pegita (I can never spell her name either)and ping them to the psot right above this one? thx

[green pastures]

Aortic dissection attempted murder ping...

"Two weeks ago, Mae Magouirk’s aorta had a dissection and she was hospitalized in the LaGrange Hospital in LaGrange, Ga. Her aortic problem was at first determined to be severe and she was admitted in the intensive care Unit. Her granddaughter, Beth Gaddy, a teacher at the Calloway Middle School in LaGrange, stated that she held Mae Magouirk’s medical power of attorney and thus invoked said powers against the wishes of Mae Magouirk’s closest living next of kin by having her moved to Hospice-LaGrange. While at Hospice-LaGrange, Beth Gaddy stated that her wishes were for no nourishment for Mae Magouirk via a feeding tube or fluids via an IV. Before hospitalization Mae was lucid and never had been diagnosed with dementia as was testified to in Probate Court on Monday, April 4, by a local MD."

[MHGinTN]

Here are the important names at the Lagrange News (newspaper there) ... hounding them might raise awareness also. Evil hates to have light shone into the dark reaches of its schemes and newspapers 'can' shine light if so inclined:

David M. (Mike) Pippin - Publisher
Andrea Lovejoy - Editor
Dan Baker - News Editor
Jennifer R. Bell - General Manager

[ExPatInFrance]

oh yeah I get your joke, I see how I have it written, well hey you are better than me at law that is for sure!

one more thing I should add for all the volunteers, whatever your task is please bring it to the board and crate psots asking others to contact the peopel you are providing the info for.
i'm pretty sure everyone knew that would be part of theri action item, but jsut in case I threw it out there. And not once and you are done. Every once in a while re-post your info and ask people to make contact. Visit other threads that are similar and invite people to help over here on this thread,.

eeevil - I will be hoping to see your update on Mrs. Magouirk tomorrow. Prayers eeryone, finally good night, I really am going to go now.

[russesjunjee]

Phone for office of Georgia Governor
Office Phone: 404-656-1776

If anyone else has more phone or fax numbers for Georgia Government please help me post them. I am fizzled out, and having trouble finding the numbers.

Also, we need to get this story to the media. Talk radio will be most likely to pick it up first. So, please email the story to as many media outlets as possible.

[maine-iac7]

The predictions are notoriously bad, and in fact, do not help that much. Take a look at http://www.rwjf.org/files/publications/books/1997/chapter_08.html Which was referenced by this one http://www.lifetree.org/timeline.html

thanks, hocndoc. (I think!)

It's about 1 pm, I'm bleary-eyed and about saturated with downer-stuff for tonite.

To bed, to bed - the better to fight the morrow

[nicmarlo]

Georgia Department of Community Health

The Department of Community Health is a consolidation of several health-related state agencies including Medical Assistance, State Health Benefit Plan and State Health Planning Agency. SB 241/Act #268 amended Title 31 to create the Department of Community Health in 1999 to serve as the lead planning agency for all health issues in the state such as health care policy, purchasing, planning and regulation.

The department aims to be a national leader for innovative health planning, promotion, program and services to improve community health.

Contact Information

Website: www.dch.state.ga.us

Phone: (404) 656-4507
Fax: (404) 651-6880

[PistolPaknMama]

However, since admission to Hospice she has not been lucid but who would be since nourishment and fluids have been denied since March 28, 2005. Also adding to her confusion is that she is off her regular medicines and is on a dose of Adavan and Morphine.

The only reason to move a person to hospice is to make comfortable, or facilitate, their death. Nobody leaves hospice alive.

[eeevil conservative]

PERFECT!!

THANKS!!

[maine-iac7]

Why is Hospice LaGrange, Ga. withholding nourishment?

Why is she even IN hospice?

Which is illegal as she is not terminal - and doesn't have the facilities, I believe, to care for her real problems ,(hospices are minimum care - for making (ha) terminal patients comfortable while dying

[mother22wife21]

From this thread: http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1379537/posts?page=81#81

To: Bahbah

Second, the hospital would know whether a patient was terminal and that the purpose of a transfer to hospice is meant for terminal patients which would raise all kinds of red flags. Then, admission to a hospice requires very specific documentation, and I don't see that referenced. Just a few things that got my attention.

Aside from wondering if the entire story is a hoax, I did notice that the hospital and hospice are in the same family. And, if the hospital and hospice were told that granny was going to be taken off feeding, then according to the law, she was terminal. That's how it worked for Terri too. Scheduled natural death by starvation is adequate grounds for hospice admission. The mistake, as you pointed out, would have been to take a general POA as a medical one.

I can't figure out the reference to Florida either. Isn't this story set in Georgia?

52 posted on 04/07/2005 9:06:44 PM EDT by Cboldt

[PistolPaknMama]

Unfortunately, the FR truth bar dropped a lot over the case from Florida

The case if Florida had a name. Do you remember it?

Please give examples of the "bar drop" you mention. You did not include them with your post above.

[PistolPaknMama]

this case, it appeared that they were being denied--that her wishes, as stated in the document, were not being honored.

What document?

[nicmarlo]

good night, all. It's 1:00 here. I need some sleep.

I sent a last e-mail for the evening to Dr. Kennedy at Coral Ridge (Center for Reclaiming America).

Prayers for grandma Mae.

[mother22wife21]

Didn't see this when I posted. Sorry about duplicate. I had read your answer to this query on another thread, and thought it made very clear sense as to how they could get folks into hospice.