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Post #202,701 by Simon_Jester 4/10/05 2:27:53 PM Reply	More info... A LaGrange probate judge on Monday ordered three doctors, including one UAB cardiologist, to decide her future. They decided late Friday that the heart condition was treatable and had her airlifted Saturday morning, Mullinax said. Mullinax said he is thrilled that his aunt is at UAB receiving care. "Hospice is only for the dying, and my aunt has many more years to live," he said. "A crime was being committed by having a person in a hospice who was not terminally ill. I hope that this never ever happens again." Grandson Michael Shane Magouirk, contacted in LaGrange Saturday night, declined to comment. [link\|http://www.al.com/news/birminghamnews/index.ssf?/base/news/1113124997294560.xml\| Source ] Shrug. It might be a huge hoax. I don't know the Birmingham News at all.
Post #202,828 by bionerd 4/11/05 9:14:42 AM Reply	Sounds like a copy cat Trying to get in the spotlight riding on the coat tails of Terri S.
Post #202,853 by jake123 4/11/05 11:21:13 AM Reply	Yeah, but who's the one trying to throw the spotlight? --\n-------------------------------------------------------------------\n* Jack Troughton jake at consultron.ca \n [link\|http://consultron.ca\|http://consultron.ca] [link\|irc://irc.ecomstation.ca\|irc://irc.ecomstation.ca] \n Kingston Ontario Canada [link\|news://news.consultron.ca\|news://news.consultron.ca] *\n-------------------------------------------------------------------
Post #202,860 by bionerd 4/11/05 11:51:09 AM Reply	Re: Yeah, but who's the one trying to throw the spotlight? The the grand daughter
Post #202,872 by jake123 4/11/05 12:59:26 PM Reply	Are you sure about that? What I'm asking is, who's trying to publicise it, and why? After all, a lot of people are going "see, see, this is the slippery slope started by Schiavo", when what's really going on is (perhaps) incompetent administration not bothering to check bona fides before taking action... I think the real danger is the situation where the hospital (or other health institution) can use someone like the granddaughter as an excuse to cut costs without having to cut billing, leading to less than due diligence on their spadework on the actual power to make decisions. To wit: you can't accuse the judgement in the Schiavo case to cover a situation where someone is lying about PoA etc and the doctor and institution don't bother doing even the most rudimentary followup to find out if this is in fact the case. So, who is trying to publicise this, and why? --\n-------------------------------------------------------------------\n* Jack Troughton jake at consultron.ca \n [link\|http://consultron.ca\|http://consultron.ca] [link\|irc://irc.ecomstation.ca\|irc://irc.ecomstation.ca] \n Kingston Ontario Canada [link\|news://news.consultron.ca\|news://news.consultron.ca] *\n-------------------------------------------------------------------

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