Andrea Clark Is Not the Only One [Schiavo revisted??]

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[ChessMan]

Right to life ping!

[T'wit]

Thanks for this new information.

[djreece]

Thank you! BTTT

[BykrBayb]

Ms. Vo is in her 60's. She is a patient at St. David's North Austin Medical Center here in Austin, Texas.

North Austin Medical Center

Owned and operated by St. David's, which lists three more acute care hospitals, a rehabilitation hospital, and a psychiatric hospital.

Here's their phone directory.

[verity]

This has become a cottage industry.

[Sun]

There are probably thousands of cases of wrongful deaths throughout the country. So many that we don't hear about.

[ChessMan]

indeed. Pretty sad. Maybe if those freaks at peta would shift their focus to humans instead of animals it might all get more press.

[Sun]

"...Maybe if those freaks at peta would shift their focus to humans instead of animals it might all get more press."

THAT would be refreshing.

Also, everytime the culture of death wins one, it strengthens their cause, which is why we pro-lifers need to be proactive, and of course, PRAY.

[djreece]

Thank you!

[floriduh voter]

The rude awakening is that every time this happens, decent people "trusted the doctor" or whomever. They usually find out too late that in today's Amerika, there are corporations behind those doctors.

The trust factor is dead and gone.

[floriduh voter]

NEW NEWS on ANDREA CLARKE - Illinois Hospital offers:

http://www.rightwingnews.com/archives/week_2006_04_23.PHP#005600

(At top of page)

[floriduh voter]

see 11

[floriduh voter]

see 11

[sinkspur]

Why is it that, even with Ms. Vo's daughter as an emergency room physician, only a facility in Illinois will take her? If her condition can improve, it seems to me that another facility would be eager to work with her.

In Clarke's case, she has been at St. Luke's for four months. Her need now is for palliative care at a long-term facility. St. Luke's is an acute care facility, and likely needs the bed for an acute care patient.

In both cases, we are hearing only one side in each of these situations.

I would also be very surprised if this ten-day deadline was sprung, all of a sudden, on both of these families. They've known this was coming.

[Sun]

"The rude awakening is that every time this happens, decent people "trusted the doctor" or whomever. They usually find out too late that in today's Amerika, there are corporations behind those doctors."

It's our job to wake up as many people up as we can to the truth.

[BykrBayb]

"The family learned of a facility in Illinois that is willing to accept Andrea and offer her the opportunity to live, an expensive move that would require Andrea to be far removed from her family.

However, placing corporate greed ahead of all patient interests and the interests and wishes of the family, St. Luke's Episcopal Hospital has just notified the family that they are willing to pay the almost $17,000 to move Andrea to Illinois if they will immediately - that's TODAY, move Andrea out of St. Lukes to the Illinois facility. If the family waits until tomorrow to decide, St. Lukes will only pay half. And if the family can't make a decision by tomorrow, the hospital may consider to pay absolutely nothing. In other words, the hospital is attempting to force Andrea out of the hospital in order to stop the financial drain of the cost of her care."

[BykrBayb]

Have you noticed that some people automatically advocate killing the patient, regardless of the circumstances? Usually they don't even bother finding out any of the facts before they come out in support of murder.

[Sun]

All: Please see Post 11.

Most disturbing from the post: Jerri Ward said, among other things: "..And, yes, they will pull the plug on the 10th day."

[floriduh voter]

Today's medical practitioners do not call it murder. But, it is murder and before they can commit murder, they have to tell a pack of lies.

If they are concerned about a move to Illinois, there is an entire network of Terri bloggers in Illinois who would probably lend support to Andrea's family.

I wouldn't be hanging around Texas any longer than I had to if it were my relative.

[Sun]

From opening post re: Ms. Vo:

"That is not acceptable to the family--and it against the express wishes of the patient expressed before she became unable to communicate."

If the patient, Ms. Vo, expressed that it was against her wishes, then how come the law doesn't back her wishes up?