Posted on 08/27/2010 7:47:05 AM PDT by EternalVigilance
It's been more than a week since pastor Joshua Kulendran Mayandy has been given food or water at a Brampton, Canada, hospital where he is being treated for a brain impairment following a heart attack.
The medical facility's officials are following a determination that he will get his next sustenance only when he can ask the doctor for it.
The Sri Lankan Mayandy, who arrived in Canada 10 years ago to pastor a small church, complained of chest pain and was hospitalized after collapsing with a heart attack May 29.
He was revived successfully, although the apparent brain damage from the attack left him in a coma for a time. He was placed in intensive care where he regained consciousness. An eyewitness has reported he has regained movement in his arms and legs and that he recognizes the family he is living with.
According to Bernard Stephenson, another local pastor and friend who visits Mayandy daily, the injured man can speak some words.
But staff with Brampton Civic Hospital, which is part of the William Osler Health Center, disagree. According to Stephenson, doctors asserted all along that there was no hope of recovery.
The disagreement over his condition and capacity triggered in Ontario the involvement of the region's "Consent and Capacity" board, which by law determines the proper medical treatment for patients unable to make decisions themselves.
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How sad, my guess is they take a persons voting record into account, they’ll soon be doing that here, you can bet on it ...
Exactly
I emailed them yesterday. Of course they didn’t reply.
I can’t believe the world we’re living in. Anyone whose heart is not pained by this has no heart.
New acronym?
VAR.
By the way, that’s one of the best taglines ever.
Did you write that, or are you quoting someone?
It’s a quote from C.S.Lewis but there is no room for attribution. I tried but it cut off his name.
I wish I had every one of his books. Broke now and can’t afford to buy books. Sniff.
It’s brilliant. Which, of course, was the norm for Lewis.
From WorldNutDaily, no less.
What does that mean? Are you saying there is any problem with the facts as presented in this article? Or are you attacking the messenger because you support killing off the disabled?
“How is it different from nazi Germany?”
“In no way that matters.”
Worth repeating.
He might not be able to convince them, but I guarantee Col. Colt can.
There are new therapies, too. Pure oxygen under pressure and what may help your mom, singing therapy, called melodic intonation therapy. My mom too, has aphasia and I am looking into both of these. Singing is probably the best way to go.
Youtube has examples:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F_5verI-bj8&feature=related
The death panels have to be stopped.
Also read this story of a man who beat “locked in syndrome” after a massive stroke.
I’m experiencing the truth of this statement more every day. Check out the article I just pinged a minute ago.
Conservatives need courage. We need it very much. Those without courage might as well be without principles. I say “kick ‘em out of the way”!
They’d never have done this if the guy was gay.
They’d be facing hate crime charges.
This is murder. A stroke patient can easily be suffering from expressive aphasia. They are fully cognizant, but the speech center of the brain is impacted. They are not able to express themselves.
Some are able to relearn with speech therapy, some will not be able to, but do learn to communicate their needs through other means.
It’s for sure that people deprived of sustenance are deprived of their best shot at letting the body repair itself. MURDER most foul.
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