Murder By Medical Fiat?

John Hawkins has a disturbing post up about a woman named Andrea Clarke, the sister of someone who apparently post fairly regularly at Democratic Underground. Now for the most part, I tend to stay away from that site, it's 'waaay to far over the edge for me. But this case is about humanity, not politics. Boiling down John's lengthy, and well researched, post: A hospital has decided to terminate treatment for a very sick woman who is struggling to recover after contracting an infection after surgery to correct a heart problem. She is not brain dead and does not want to die.

Left or right, this is something that is worth getting behind. Could we please not let a hospital decide to keep it's costs down by killing people?

To Ms. Melanie Childers, I wish you and your sister the best and lend whatever poor amount of support I can to you.

Please go to John's site for a much better take than my short post.

This isn't politics, folks. This is humanity. Please pet's keep it that way.

UPDATE: Chez Diva is also onboard this. Pile on, folks. Please.

UPDATE: Texas Rainmaker with some VERY helpful contact info. Pile on, folks. Please.

UPDATE: Local coverage at KHOU. Also blogging, Euphoric Reality.

UPDATE: Bamapachyderm has an update.

categories Uncategorized | Gaius April 24, 2006

  • By Bradley J. Fikes, April 24, 2006 @ 8:22 pm

    That is horrible. And although it’s not nearly as bad, have you read Cathy Seipp’s story?

  • By Gauis Arbo, April 24, 2006 @ 8:36 pm

    Yeah, I did. I actually tried to post on it, but had a meltdown on my internet service. Cathy is one of my favorite blogs and I really felt horrible when I read that story.

  • By Black Jack, April 25, 2006 @ 2:46 pm

    “Misery can only be removed from the world by painless extermination of the miserable.”

    Such claptrap was usually met by my old college professor with the following:

    “If frogs could be made to grow fur, the world would be safe for chinchillas.”

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