"Yes, just updating for other freepers. HERE IS BREAKING FROM TAMPA TRIBUNE FEBRUARY 2, 2005. Dept. of Health does MASSIVE DOCUMENT DROP ON STATE ATTORNEY/PROSECUTORS of files they "failed" to turn over to investigators. This is relevant because Terri falls into this class of people because she is a patient of hospice and is under the state run medicaid program. DID S.ATTY BERNIE MCCABE GET ANY CASE FILES RE: TERRI or were they all destroyed? rhetorical question. "
I hope this helps Terri and anyone else affected.
By the time Terri's supporters are finished, they may have wished the judge had gone ahead and appointed a new guardian years ago when the husband first violated the laws of the state.
I want to see every abuse case of the disabled investigated. Terri may be only the beginning.
This on line poll is finally complete. "give Terri to her parents" won. Here's the copy & paste: View results:
http://www.countypressonline.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=13864624&BRD=2549&PAG=461&dept_id=514257&rfi=6#
As of 2:45 PM EDT Wednesday there've been 1,200 votes, with 83.1 percent in favor of giving Terri to her parents!
correcting self: Yes, just how long have the infirmed, not the informed.
"According to DOH records, Schiavo of Clearwater is licensed by the state both as a registered respiratory therapist and a registered nurse. He was licensed as a registered nurse in January, 2000. His license expires on April 30, 2005 and shows no disciplinary actions.
He was licensed as a respiratory therapist on May 25, 1999. That license expires on May 31, 2005 and also shows no disciplinary action.
As such, Schiavo would be subject to regulation by the health department as well other oversight agencies including Florida’s Department of Children and Families (DCF)"
http://www.theempirejournal.com/SCHIAVO_florida_DOH_destroyed_records_after.htm