[Pflienews] PharmFacts E-News Update: Pro-life pediatrician laments lack of support for pro-life health professionals

Sun Feb 10 10:36:46 MST 2008

*pharmacists E-News Update -- 10 Feb 2008 AD

**Pro-life pediatrician laments lack of support from like-minded people 
for pro-life health professionals*

Ohio Health is the parent of many health facilities in this [Columbus, 
OH]  area: Riverside, Grant, Doctors, this one you mention, etc. There 
are immoral procedures done in Ohio Health facilities. There are the 
same immoral things being done in the Mt. Camel group of hospitals 
(MCMC, MCE, and MC/SA) as well as in their affiliates and associates. 
Let's not forget that in most hospitals, "the end of life" is often 
managed in an appallingly immoral manner. Lots of patients aren't 
receiving food and water and are being denied basic treatment. These 
cases won't come to light because the family, the medical facilities, 
the professionals, and sometimes even the patients themselves are in 
agreement that their deaths should be hastened by measures that are not 
moral. Unless the family and/or the patient contests the culture of 
death, there will be no issue and such cases never come out in public.

All that being said, most of the public (including the Catholic 
population) seem care only a little [if at all] that these immoral 
things are going on daily in hospitals and physicians offices, etc. I 
say this because, when some of us Catholic physicians have raised these 
issues, we have [few or] no allies amongst the patients and consumers, 
both Catholic and non-Catholic. The consumers of any service or product 
have a lot of influence on what the providers of those services and 
products do. Most of the public is content to receive their medical care 
from facilities and providers that are most convenient, nearest to their 
home, etc. Some people even make the gender or the age of a physician 
more important in their choice of medical care rather than whether or 
not the physicians are actually abiding by God's commandments in their 
practices. For the most part the medical profession and facilities like 
hospitals and pharmacies have been totally sold out to the culture of 
death. Most patients never ask about whether a facility or a medical 
practice provides contraception, abortion, euthanasia, or abortion 
referrals and contraception to teenagers [even without parental knowledge].

I am a medical consultant to the Terri Schindler Schiavo Foundation in 
Florida. It was founded and is operated by Terri's sister, brother, and 
parents. They call me when they have a hard case and sometimes I speak 
to a family member whose loved on is or has been the victim of the 
culture of death. >From those encounters with those patients and their 
families I have learned that few people ever give much thought about the 
culture of death vis-à-vis the medical profession until they find 
themselves embroiled in a heartbreaking situation over a loved one. The 
most recent one was a case of a patient in her 30's whose life was being 
ended early to obtain organs for transplant. Unfortunately, we got the 
case on the day that the patient was scheduled to be killed and so we 
lost that battle. The hospital which is in a distant state had all of 
its doctors, nurses, and lawyers arrayed against the patient's family 
and it was easy for them to take the life of that family's loved one. 
This sad situation could happen to anyone. You might think you have your 
bases covered in one part of the country but what happens if you or a 
loved one are in need of critical medical care in another state, perhaps 
even in this hospital that took this patient's life?

My only plea to this [online chat] group would be that all of us work 
together to build up a culture of life NOW. Let's not all wait until we 
are standing at the side of a spouse, a child, a sister, a brother, or a 
friend whose life is endangered by the culture of death in an ICU, 
emergency department, physician's office, or clinic. The people I have 
dealt with in these heartbreaking situations probably never thought 
they'd be in that position either. I hope that no one reading this need 
ever endure what some of the people I have met through Terri's 
Foundation have had to endure. However, the chances are that someone 
reading this will indeed experience an attack on a loved one engineered 
by the culture of death. Let's not all wait until it's too late. On an 
optimistic and hopeful note, I have to say that even if this small group 
e-mail list would take some positive practical action, things might 
begin to change.

Whether or not we boycott hospitals, doctors, pharmacies, etc., we need 
to all do something to reverse the devil's gains. The culture of death 
is the thing that has our nation and indeed all the world in its 
powerful grip. Praying and the sacraments are essential first steps but 
we all need to face up to it, admit there are serious problems, and take 
serious action.

Dr.  DMD

-----Original Message-----
*From:* columbuscatholic at yahoogroups.com 
[mailto:columbuscatholic at yahoogroups.com] *On Behalf Of *[...]
*Sent:* Saturday, February 09, 2008 7:58 PM
*To:* Columbus Catholic Group
*Subject:* [Cols Catholic] Victorian Village Health Center

I have been asked by a person not from this area if OhioHealth is a fit 
employer for a Catholic. The person, responding to an opening at 
Victorian Village Health Center, is wondering if they do abortions.

Please respond off-list.

Thank you.

            JK

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