"Bush's Law" allows hospital to kill infant if too financially costly

[Proud2BAmurkin]

http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/printstory.mpl/metropolitan/3087387

Then at 2 p.m. Tuesday, a medical staffer at Texas Children's Hospital gently removed the breathing tube that had kept Sun Hudson alive since his birth Sept. 25. Cradled by his mother, he took a few breaths, and died.

"I talked to him, I told him that I loved him. Inside of me, my son is still alive," Wanda Hudson told reporters afterward. "This hospital was considered a miracle hospital. When it came to my son, they gave up in six months. ... They made a terrible mistake."

Sun's death marks the first time a U.S. judge has allowed a hospital to discontinue an infant's life-sustaining care against a parent's wishes, according to bioethical experts. A similar case involving a 68-year-old man in a vegetative state at another Houston hospital is before a court now.

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(Bush's Law) allows hospitals to discontinue life-sustaining care, even if a patient's family members disagree. A doctor's recommendation must be approved by a hospital's ethics committee, and the family must be given 10 days from written notice of the decision to try and locate another facility for the patient.

[fryguy]

1. i just saw that also....

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=104&topic_id=3316335&mesg_id=3316335

the man has no morals or shame whatsoever...

[Dr Ron]

2. More on this

Original post at Light up the Darkness:

http://www.lightupthedarkness.org/blog/default.asp?view=plink&id=581

Follow up regarding White House lies on this bill, claiming it is to ensure decisions are in accordance with patient's or family's wishes:
http://www.lightupthedarkness.org/blog/default.asp?view=plink&id=581

[crikkett]

4. both links were the same...

Did you mean to point to different pages?

:dem:

[libhill]

3. Oh, I get it

we value life when there's no money involved, but if keeping a person alive hurts big business, (and in my opinion, American medicine is just another big business) then we pull the plug - what unspeakable, disgusting maggots, what fucking hypocrites.