[Cboldt]

So how many unhealthy people have had their feeding tubes yanked?...... I still don't hear any numbers and I've asked but we get lots of fluff. It is bound to be happening across the fruited plain in states that have such laws...

Peach seems to have some insight into that question ...

To: Cboldt

Are you still seriously questioning whether hundreds of people every single day have their feeding tubes disconnected?

413 posted on 03/23/2005 11:51:14 PM EST by Peach (The Clintons pardoned more terrorists than they ever captured or killed.)

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1369260/posts?page=413#413

There was some previous dialoge, as well as one followup to that post. I'm curious too. I think having facts and citations for number of feeding tubes removed, the status (terminal, end stage, diasbled) of the patient before the tube was removed, etc. would be useful to inform a reasoned discussion.

[Peach]

On the floor of the House (two Sundays ago when they had their emergency session), several Congressmen, at least one of whom is a doctor, said that every day thousands of people have feeding tubes and other life saving equipment disconnected.

Previous to that, I had been using the number hundreds.

Several freepers have said that it happens in hospitals and nursing homes and hospices every single day.

USA Today had an article that I asked someone to post but no one ever did (we subscribe to the magazine) that said that feeding tubes were removed every day of the week all year long in this country with no fanfare after families and their doctors consulted and decided there was no hope.