1) Don't try to claim that testimony was hearsay unless you understand the definition of the word.
2) Mrs. Schiavo was not a criminal, and we are to respect her right to decide her own end care unless you can prove that right should have been denied.
There was a female neurosurgeon on FNC one day and she did examine Terri and said that Terri wasn't vegetative. You could probably do a search but I doubt that you are that interested. I remember your posts now! You are the one that kep maligning Dr. William Hammesfahr, even when I refuted your claims you still kept posting that quack junk, which showed that it is you that is the quack.
Also there is a lady named Kate Adamson, that was in the same type of condition as Terri and she IMPROVED, but then again she had a loving, caring husband making sure that she had full rehab. Kate Adamson
Dr. William Hammesfahr to Present at the 4th International Symposium on Brain Injury and Cerebral Palsy, the largest meeting of specialists in pediatric brain injuries ever heldJuly 29, 2004 -- Dr. W. Hammesfahr, nominated for the Nobel Prize in Medicine, will be discussing the breakthrough he pioneered. Dr. Hammesfahr discovered that certain FDA approved medications may help increase blood flow to damaged areas of the brain after stroke and other injuries. Thus injuries that were thought to be permanent, even years after a patient had stopped improving, could now be treated successfully, and most patients would improve. Essentially, this means that most patients with permanent injuries from a stroke can get better, even years after their stroke. Most patients with permanent brain injuries, even years after their injury, can get better.
An internal Medicare review identified that this therapy helped patients gain significant improvement even years after the injury and years after they had stopped improving before obtaining Dr. Hammesfahr's approach. Judicial Review in November of 2003 ordered Medicare payment for Dr. Hammesfahr's approach in conditions of the brain that involved damage, injury, or abnormal function of blood vessels. The judge noted that judicial review of the method, science, and results showed significant improvement. Further, he identified that there was no "viable alternative" to obtain improvement in these patients with longstanding as well as acute injuries to the brain and blood vessels than Dr. Hammesfahr's approach.
Further work showed that it was also applicable to other diseases of the brain where insufficient blood flow to the brain is a part of the problem, diseases like Attention Deficit Disorder, Migraine, Dementia, Autism, Asperger's, and Cerebral Palsy.
In clinical reviews, 98% of patients had major, functional improvement. These reviews were evaluated by Judge Susan Kurkland, for the State of Florida, Department of Health. She described in her ruling that this new therapy is safe, unique, and that Dr. Hammesfahr is the "first physician to restore deficits caused by stroke."
Dr. Hammesfahr will be speaking at the 4th International Symposium, the largest meeting or brain specialists for pediatric brain injuries ever.
Speakers from around the world including Mexico, Russia, China, Europe, and elsewhere will be meeting to discuss new approaches including Stem Cell work, and Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy.
4th International Symposium on Cerebral Palsy and the Brain Injured Child
July 28-31, 2004
The Hyatt Regency Pier Sixty-Six
Fort Lauderdale, FloridaThese Medicare and State of Florida reviews are posted at his web site at hni-online.com
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727-461-4464
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I think you've hit on the real point here. The problem is what were Mrs. Schiavo's wishes? There was a lot of conflicting evidence. If everyone agreed that her wish was to forego nutrition/hydration, I think there wouldn't have been much of a story. The problem, for me, was that the only evidence of her "wish" was irreparably tainted by the husband's conflict of interest, the contradictory testimony during the malpractice case, the fact that he never mentioned her wish for the first eight years, etc. To me, that really is the issue. Now, in this case, it sounds like this woman has a written document to "decide her own end care" and it isn't being followed. In that regard, I think this case may end up being more significant than Terri Schiavo's.