Actually, Felos-the-Felon was co-director of the board for the hospice Terri's in!!! Until at least 1-16-01!
Hospice is for Caring ... or is it for Killing? Read the latest observation of what happened in the Appeals Court hearing on April 4, 2003.
Hospices all over the country broadcast their deep and abiding commitment to serve the needs of the dying, who may have truly distressing and painful symptoms during their end-of-life period. Many hospices and professionals work tirelessly to relieve these symptoms. And we have the greatest respect for the doctors, nurses and other staff who care so much about those who are suffering and serve them selflessly. However, there are others in the industry who do not subscibe to the basic beliefs of those who founded this industry. There are those who would do the opposite of what most hospice professionals believe in.
Leaders of the Hospice of the Florida $uncoast, one of the largest nonprofit hospices in our nation have taken a different path. They have manipulated a helpless disabled woman into their hospice, even though she is not terminal. The hospice's C.E.O., Mary Labyak, travels all over the nation speaking at national and state conventions about hospice and end-of-life matters, yet she is willing to pervert the mission of hospice. She wishes to help kill a defenseless woman, Terri Schiavo, in the hospice she controls.
Labyak: "Changing the Way People Die in Our Community" Labyak believes everything she does is just fine, even conspiring to kill Terri Schiavo. She has written as recently as March 19, 2003, that she has spent her life with the goal of "changing the way people die in our community."
What is truly scary about Labyak is that she is a woman who actively wants to impose death upon the helpless disabled in our community, embodied by the prisoner of this hospice: Terri Schiavo.
Labyak states that she has "actively upheld the vision, values and philosophy that is the foundation of hospice and palliative care." Nothing could be further from the truth! This lady doesn't have a clue what the foundation of hospice is if she believes Dame Cicely Saunders and Elizabeth Kubler Ross would approve of Labyak's recent activities at this hospice! Or perhaps Labyak has suffered a complete lapse in memory of what the foundation of hospice is? The local community in Florida and around the country will not tolerate making hospice a place of killing and that is what Labyak wishes to accomplish!
The greatest embodiment of the hospice spirit is Mother Teresa of Calcutta, who worked for decades serving the dying, the poor and other patients. She revered the lives of each person she cared for. We can be certain that Mother Teresa would never execute Terri Schiavo as Mary Labyak intends to do. That is the test and Labyak fails it miserably. Her evil design is exposed for what it is, the moment one considers and asks, "would Mother Teresa kill this helpless woman?" Labyak would not even dare to say that Mother Teresa would do it, but even still clings to the plan of making hospice a killing place. She calls it "aid in dying." Double-talk. Deceit. Betrayal of the hospice mission!
Labyak brags that she is a great pioneer. If so, she is a pioneer of death dealing and the worst perversion of the hospice movement!
Under Labyak's direct leadership, the hospice stands ready to kill Terri Schiavo at any time the judge says "ok." The hospice, directed by Labyak, stands willing to cooperate in carrying out the wishes of Terri's husband who has fought in court for years to kill his wife, who, judging by his actions, is his wife in name only now. Michael Schiavo has chosen to live with another woman and had a child by this other woman. Yet, Michael Schiavo uses the money awarded to Terri, in order to try to end her life by withholding food and water from Terri. Is this the pioneering vision of Mary Labyak? Is this what she has spent her life working towards? Anybody would die if they were starved to death and not given any fluids. Is this the direction Mary Labyak and the Hospice of the Florida $uncoast wish to lead all hospices in our nation? Only through the valiant efforts of Terri's parents has Labyak (and the hospice) been prevented from killing Terri!
Will Mary Labyak, The Hospice of the Florida $uncoast and its Board of Directors make hospice a place that terrorizes the disabled? The Hospice Industry constantly complains that patients enter hospice too late for the patients to receive the services that hospice has to provide during the end-of-life period. Yet, if hospices are willing to kill patients, like Terri, the the Hospice Industry is shooting itself in the foot! Many patients will refuse to enter hospice if this practice is to become more common, as suggested by the leadership of Mary Labyak and the Hospice of the Florida Suncoast!
Articles about Hospice of the Florida $uncoast's patient, Terri Schiavo, who is NOT terminal, have been in the news both locally in Florida and in the national news. Why is a non-terminal patient even allowed to be in the hospice? The board of directors has a duty to make sure the hospice follows the guidelines for running a hospice. All hospice boards and staff know that only patients who are truly terminal can enter a hospice. Why hasn't the board protested the admission of Terri Schiavo into the hospice?
Why does Mary Labyak do nothing when everybody knows Terri is not terminally ill? Why is Terri NOT receiving therapy for rehabilitation as she needs? Why was the temperature in Terri's room set in the 60s until Terri's parents protested? Why are hospice employees forbidden from speaking to others about Terri Schiavo's condition or care, or, how the hospice is treating her? If you don't approve of the hospice actions, call them at: 727-586-4432 and let them know how you feel!
Are Mary Labyak, The Hospice, and its Board of Directors Remaining True to the Original Hospice Mission?