Daniel Sanger suffered a heart attack and seizures. At Frederick Memorial Hospital in Maryland, before he lost consciousness, he stated clearly to his doctor and mother that he wanted to live. However, the hospital went with the wishes of his wife and stopped feeding him last Friday.
His mother and brother, Phyllis and Mark Sanger, obtained the assistance of Alliance Defense Fund. With that, the hospital was ordered by the courts to restore water and food until a hearing next Wednesday. Daniel Sanger is now responsive to hospital staff.
The ADF will seek to have his mother and brother named as temporary custodians instead of his wife.
The trial is set for next Wednesday. Let us pray that the mother and brother are named as Sanger's custodians and that legalized starvation is defeated in this matter. By the way - the Terri Schiavo Life and Hope Network did provide assistance to the ADF
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Friday, October 21, 2011
Sunday, March 13, 2011
Alliance Defense Fund And Schindlers Save The Life Of Woman Whom Georgetown Threw To The Curb
Last weekend I notified you of the plight of Rachael Nyirahaabiyambere, an immigrant from Rwanda whose feeding tube was removed at the instigation of Georgetown University Medical Center, a supposedly "Catholic" healing institution. From now on, I'll use the adjective "catholyc" to refer to them.
At that time, I believed her death was inevitable and imminent. Happily, I am proven incorrect. She is still alive. Moreover, as my fellow blogger Good Jesuit, Bad Jesuit reports, her feeding tube was restored by court order. It appears that the Alliance Defense Fund and the Terri Schiavo Life and Hope Network came to the assistance of the woman's family, who had previously been ill-served by lawyers who, at best, had "conflicts of interest". With that assistance, the family obtained the humane help that their mother needs. At least for now that murder is averted.
It's truly a blight on the local church that a secular court had to undo a murderous order instigated by a supposedly "Catholic" institution. Additionally, it is a disgrace that there was not the slightest peep uttered from the offices of the Archdiocese of Washington regarding this murderous situation that was taking place within their boundaries. (Could it be that they were too busy quashing the Pontifical Mass that was scheuled to occur at the Nationa Shrine next month? See my fellow blogger's posts on that debacle.) I also don't recall hearing diddly-squat from the USCCB, those self-reputed champions of the poor and oppressed.
Here's some reminders, from basic Catholic medical ethics. The providing of food and/or water is not extraordinary medical care. It is part of basic care; it is the duty of any medical institution - most especially a Catholic one - to provide that care without condition nor hesitation. Got that, boys and girls of Georgetown?
At that time, I believed her death was inevitable and imminent. Happily, I am proven incorrect. She is still alive. Moreover, as my fellow blogger Good Jesuit, Bad Jesuit reports, her feeding tube was restored by court order. It appears that the Alliance Defense Fund and the Terri Schiavo Life and Hope Network came to the assistance of the woman's family, who had previously been ill-served by lawyers who, at best, had "conflicts of interest". With that assistance, the family obtained the humane help that their mother needs. At least for now that murder is averted.
It's truly a blight on the local church that a secular court had to undo a murderous order instigated by a supposedly "Catholic" institution. Additionally, it is a disgrace that there was not the slightest peep uttered from the offices of the Archdiocese of Washington regarding this murderous situation that was taking place within their boundaries. (Could it be that they were too busy quashing the Pontifical Mass that was scheuled to occur at the Nationa Shrine next month? See my fellow blogger's posts on that debacle.) I also don't recall hearing diddly-squat from the USCCB, those self-reputed champions of the poor and oppressed.
Here's some reminders, from basic Catholic medical ethics. The providing of food and/or water is not extraordinary medical care. It is part of basic care; it is the duty of any medical institution - most especially a Catholic one - to provide that care without condition nor hesitation. Got that, boys and girls of Georgetown?
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