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Rep. John Murtha dies after surgery complications (Malpractice)
CNN ^ | 2-8-10

Posted on 02/08/2010 6:18:34 PM PST by My Favorite Headache

CNN) -- Rep. John Murtha of Pennsylvania, a longtime fixture on the House subcommittee that oversees Pentagon spending, died after complications from gallbladder surgery, according to his office. He was 77.

The Democratic congressman recently underwent scheduled laparoscopic surgery at National Naval Medical Center in Bethesda, Maryland, to remove his gallbladder. The procedure was "routine minimally invasive surgery," but doctors "hit his intestines," a source close to the late congressman told CNN.

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TOPICS: Extended News; News/Current Events; US: Pennsylvania
KEYWORDS: bethesda; healthcare; murtha
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To: tflabo
Lt. Col. Chessani.

Or did I miss something? ;-)

61 posted on 02/08/2010 7:05:48 PM PST by ItsForTheChildren
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To: My Favorite Headache
He'd probably be alive today if he had only had the operation performed in Canada where SocialistCare is obviously so much better than anything we have here.

I could have told him this, but doubt if he would have listened to me.

Leni

62 posted on 02/08/2010 7:12:21 PM PST by MinuteGal (Bill O'Reilly: 9/8/09: "Communism is not a threat to us anymore"-10/20/09: "Obama is not a Marxist")
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To: My Favorite Headache

Of all the gall... I thought we would have died of syphilis, after fü¢king dirty dirty America since the mid seventies.
Rest in peace, you thieving bastard.


63 posted on 02/08/2010 7:13:34 PM PST by MS_Steve
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To: My Favorite Headache

My very kind and loving mother said, “I won’t miss him.”

I have to agree with mom in this case.


64 posted on 02/08/2010 7:16:15 PM PST by Tennessee_Bob (A1C 5.5)
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To: Randy Larsen

maybe the Doc had been a Navy Corpseman in a previous life.

Just sayin’...


65 posted on 02/08/2010 7:17:16 PM PST by castlebrew (Gun control means hitting where you're aiming!)
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To: My Favorite Headache

The Irony.

Killed by the system he tried to destroy.


66 posted on 02/08/2010 7:18:16 PM PST by TexasFreeper2009 (November is coming.)
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To: My Favorite Headache

He was at a Naval Hospital? Oh my, and this old fart attacked and lied about Marines...sounds like there truly is justice by Naval docs....opps


67 posted on 02/08/2010 7:18:38 PM PST by shield (A wise man's heart is at his RIGHT hand;but a fool's heart at his LEFT. Ecc 10:2)
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To: anton
The hand of God reached across his distended body and touched the surgeon’s knife, guiding it to the filthy intestine which released its vile contents into the cavity of the evil Murtha, in one sweet stroke avenging the wrongs committed against so many of our great heroes in Iraq.

God rest his evil soul.

I was going to say that perhaps the hand of God was at play in this because of his falsely accusing those Marines...

But you said it so much better than I ever could...

68 posted on 02/08/2010 7:22:12 PM PST by Screaming_Gerbil (Luke 22:36 "Then said he unto them...he that hath no sword, let him sell his garment, and buy one.")
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To: svcw

“He was part of the 2% risk category.”

Along with Hoss Cartwright of long ago TV fame. He never came out of the anesthetic after his gall bladder operation.


69 posted on 02/08/2010 7:25:37 PM PST by Western Phil
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To: Dubya
For which he should rightfully be honored.

Regretably, he chose to become the hallmark of political corruption. He deserves no honor for that.

PRayers for his soul and his family.

70 posted on 02/08/2010 7:28:47 PM PST by starlifter (Sapor Amo Pullus)
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To: Western Phil
Oh, I didn't know how he died. I read a review about him a million years ago that said he was gentle man just like the character he played.
71 posted on 02/08/2010 7:29:40 PM PST by svcw (If you are going to quote the Bible know what you are quoting.)
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To: My Favorite Headache
Image and video hosting by TinyPic "Gosh Ted, it's a lot hotter than I expected heaven to be"....... "Uh John, ..hic..I uh,...burp,... don't exactly think that..hic...we're in heaven"
72 posted on 02/08/2010 7:30:15 PM PST by festusbanjo (It's not that we tax too little, it's that we spend too damn much!)
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To: BigCinBigD

but doctors “hit his intestines,”

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“Apparently he had more guts than I gave him credit for...”

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Nah, he was just so full of crap that it killed him.


73 posted on 02/08/2010 7:32:31 PM PST by festusbanjo (It's not that we tax too little, it's that we spend too damn much!)
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To: svcw

It was a shock and a loss.

My wife had similar surgery before we were married (years before Hoss’s operation), so I have been somewhat sensitive to celebrity gall bladder problems.


74 posted on 02/08/2010 7:43:26 PM PST by Western Phil
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To: My Favorite Headache

Laparoscopic surgery in the abdominal or pelvic area carries the risk of bowel perforation. It’s a small risk but it does happen.


75 posted on 02/08/2010 7:44:48 PM PST by prairiebreeze (Prayers for the Ft. Hood families, victims and soldiers.)
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To: My Favorite Headache

Obama care would have denied the surgery and told him to take a pill. Too bad they didn’t pass it and have to live by it. If Murtha had Obama care instead of his cushy Cadillac policy, he’d be alive today.


76 posted on 02/08/2010 7:51:12 PM PST by P-Marlowe (LPFOKETT GAHCOEEP-w/o*)
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To: jongaltsr
Me on om de dah (sp) Korean and Japan?
77 posted on 02/08/2010 7:51:12 PM PST by Domangart (editor and publisher)
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To: MarkeyD

Don’t know the details.


78 posted on 02/08/2010 7:52:47 PM PST by 1066AD
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To: Roses0508
Murtha was not a senator, thank God! He was a congressman, a very corrupt congressman who delivered the pork to his district, he was a fowl corrupt scumbag who would sell anything for a few bucks, but of course his vote. He held out in the ABSCAM sting operation for more bucks, so he missed his prison term. And yet he sat in our foul, corrupt, stinking, abject Congress for another decade.

Thank God he is fini!

79 posted on 02/08/2010 7:53:05 PM PST by GregoryFul
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To: MinuteGal

He was treated at the Bethesda Naval Medical Center. Therefore, ironically he was a direct victim of government health care. But I would not disparage Bethesda as it is a first rate medical intuition for major medical procedures. The elite pols and top military brass use it all the time. The problem with military medical services lies with the quality of care at less renown hospitals and the abysmal treatment for veterans with chronic diseases.


80 posted on 02/08/2010 7:55:30 PM PST by grumpygresh (Democrats delenda est)
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