Posted on 02/14/2006 6:26:01 PM PST by Ellesu
Subnani saw Whittington in Kingsville:
An Alice surgeon was one of two doctors that first treated Harry Whittington, an avid hunter that was pellet sprayed by Vice-President Dick Cheney Saturday evening while quail hunting at the Armstrong Ranch in Kenedy County.
"We usually don't take care of gun shot wounds, but they wanted to come to the Kingsville hospital," said Raj Subnani, a surgeon for CHRISTUS Spohn Hospital Alice and CHRISTUS Spohn Hospital Kleberg. "We immediately, including all the nursing staff, took care of him (Whittington)."
He said that about 15 to 20 Kingsville hospital staff members helped care for Whittington that included a CAT scan by a technician. He and the staff were upset that most media reports didn't even mention Whittington's first stop at the Kingsville hospital. Subnani was called from his Alice home to the Kingsville hospital Saturday about 6:15 p.m. He said he rushed to the hospital and arrived about 30 minutes later as the ambulance arrived at the Kingsville hospital from the Armstrong Ranch. According to Associated Press reports, Cheney accidentally shot his 78-year-old hunter companion during a weekend quail hunting trip at the Armstrong Ranch, about 30 miles from Kingsville. Whittington went to retrieve a bird and Cheney failed to see him and shot him with pellet shots, reports said. Whittington, an Austin attorney, was removed from the intensive care unit Monday and remains in stable condition at CHRISTUS Spohn Hospital Memorial in Corpus Christi. Whittington could be sent home as early as today, reports said.
Despite reports that Whittington was treated at Spohn Memorial, Subnani said he and another emergency doctor, Fred Martin, checked and stabilized Whittington in the Kingsville hospital.
"Most of the injuries were superficial," he said as he pointed to the areas where Whittington was injured. "He had pellets throughout the neck, chest and abdomen with b-b bullets under the skin."
Subnani said the injuries were not life-threatening and as the swelling diminishes, the pellets can be pulled out with a small incision. He said an antibiotic was all that was needed to cure the tears in the skin. The doctor said Whittington, about an hour and a half later, was transferred by HALO-Flight to Corpus Christi as a VIP courtesy.
"The treatment was started and there was no need to be sent to Memorial hospital," Subnani said. "Except he was part of the VIP party…he got the best royal treatment. If it was a regular citizen like you and I, he would have been sent home."
Perhaps he should ... his father was accused of not being in touch with the real America ... remember the check out scan device incident where Bush 41 looked clueless? As I said in my earlier post, the Clintonistas were (ARE) scum but they knew how to project themselves in the best possible light when it came to administration scandals. The Bushies need to catch a clue ... and first off dump their incompetent press secretary McClellan.
No ... in the real world of today with instant media political and corporate America ( as well in a majority of countries around the world) ... understand fully the importance of PR and projecting a positive image. Good PR executives today are some of the better paid executives in the corporate world ... in the political world (where they aren't paid as well ... but know if they're good they will more than make it up later in the corporate world) are even more important.
I hope you're a Republican, Raj.
I do agree with you on Scott McClellan, I am sure even I could do a better job of that than him! After all the hit piece "news" stories about our president I would think the WH would put a "barracuda" type guy in that job.
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