Posted on 03/01/2011 1:59:29 PM PST by NYer
>> Dr. Byrne called the attempt to have the state remove Joseph’s ventilator “terrible, absolutely terrible,” and insisted that in his fifty years in neonatology he’s never removed a child’s ventilator.
Some doctors are better than others. Perhaps it has to do with Dr. Byrne’s Irish heritage.
I bet you are one of many conservative Catholics who are against illegal immigrants using American health care dollars.
What is the difference here?
If I had no brain activity, and needed to live on a ventilator, I would want them to pull the plug on me.
Just because you are alive on a ventilator is not compassion, it can be torture.
Ever had someone stick a catheter down your throat, suctioning you?
It is torture.
>> If you want to bring a baby that will cost your state’s social welfare system hundreds of thousands of dollars, then have the Catholics pay for it themselves.
Well ya’ know what Sherlock, if the vile Socialists didn’t work so damn hard on eradicating Catholic/Christian hospitals, this problem wouldn’t exist.
I'm not even catholic. lol
There are plenty of Catholic Hospitals here, and I can bet you they would not accept this patient.
There is a group that has already offered to pay for the transfer and all medical costs.
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