> In article <alm9c914ig8vadnhotmu1nkpq4s1n7li68@4ax.com>, J
> <jdyoung1@ymail.com> wrote:
>
>> Knowing what we've learned in the aftermath of the state-sanctioned
>> homicide of Terri Schiavo, how can a civilized society dispatch
>> another person to their death in such a gruesome fashion? Palliative
>> care is the one truly compassionate solution.
>>
>>
>> http://www.cnn.com/2014/01/01/health/jahi-mcmath-girl-brain-dead/index
>> .html
>>
>>
>> (CNN) -- The family of Terri Schiavo has joined the battle over Jahi
>> McMath, a 13-year-old girl on life support who has been declared dead
>> by doctors.
>
> will never change that
>>
>> "Together with our team of experts, Terri's Network believes Jahi's
>> case is representative of a very deep problem within the U.S.
>> healthcare system -- particularly those issues surrounding the deaths
>> of patients within the confines of hospital corporations, which have
>> a vested financial interest in discontinuing life," the Terri Schiavo
>> Life & Hope Network said in a prepared statement.
>>
>> The organization said it has been overseeing the efforts of several
>> groups to help get Jahi transferred out of Children's Hospital
>> Oakland and brought "to a safe place."
>>
>> Jahi's family said Tuesday it had found a facility in New York
>> willing to take her. The Oakland hospital "refused to agree to allow
>> us to proceed in that matter," Jahi's uncle Omari Sealey said.
>>
>> The hospital denied the accusation.
>>
>> Omari Sealey, Jahi's uncle, said Wednesday that the family still
>> hopes to move her to another facility.
>>
>> He accused the hospital of starving his niece by not using a feeding
>> tube to provide her with nutrients.
>>
> close to starving J.
A feeding tube won't do her a damn bit of good, as she has no *brainstem*
function. Without a brainstem to send the message "digest now" to the
stomach, any food put in it will just sit there and rot.
--
Brenda Nelson, A.A.#34 and A+ atheist
BAAWA Knight of the Golden Litterbox
EAC Professor of Feline Thermometrics and Cat-Herding
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