Two California Doctors Lose Case Denying Service
Two doctors in California lost a case against them for refusing to artificially inseminate a lesbian based on their religious prejudices , I mean beliefs. After some of my previous posts I think you already know where I stand on this, and I am not alone.
I would like to point out something else that these religious do gooders have not considered, and that is the fact that they are supposed to be pro life at all costs. The writers of the bible probably didn’t foresee the possibility of artificial insemination. As Christians they should be for bringing more babies into the world. The church wants numbers, more members, more money.
If a woman is raped and becomes pregnant too bad, have the baby. If there’s something wrong with the baby, too bad, have the baby. If the mothers life is endangered, too bad, have the baby. If it’s a preteen or teen mom, too bad, have the baby. If it’s from an incestuous rape, too bad, have the baby. Lesbian, no way, children born of lesbian moms are not acceptable future Christians. Huh?
This might seem like a stretch of logic to you, but consider this. If it was a single straight woman who wanted a baby, I would bet that they would have had no problem inseminating her. The point I’m trying to make is if they knew about artificial insemination in biblical times, they would probably have outlawed sex altogether and have chased down woman in the streets to do the procedure on them. Click the link I provided above for the full article on this case. I think you’ll find it interesting.
Cancer Treatment Centers Commercial
The Cancer Treatment Centers of America sound like a wonderful place to go when you have cancer. I’m sure that everything they claim in their commercials is true and bless them for being there when people who have cancer have lost hope and confidence in their prognosis. The commercials have me convinced that if I ever get cancer that is the place I want to go for treatment. So why this post?
This post has to do with one commercial in particular that just strikes me the wrong way. It’s just a small thing but every time they run it, it makes me feel like there’s an itch I just can’t stratch. The commercial stars a woman called Peggy who describes how she found out she had cancer from her doctor. He told her nothing could be done and that she had two months to live. In the commercial, Peggy starts to choke up and cry. A perfectly natural and understandable reaction to being told you would be dead in two months time.
Then while Peggy is at home dying, her sister calls the Cancer Treatment Centers of America and they test, and treat her and offer her hope for a long life. Peggy decribes how the doctors here tell her that she has no expiration date stamped on the bottom of her foot, and how the tumors are gone and she’s in remission. After this miraculous new lease of life, Peggy says “I thought, oh”. Oh? They just told her the cancer that was killing her is gone and all she can say is oh?
Like I said it’s just a little thing but if I were Peggy I’d be yelling ” WOO HOO! YEAH, I’M GOING TO LIVE, WOOO!!!
” I thought oh” Oh, well.
Hospital Compare, A New Website
Hospital Compare is a new website by the department of Health and Human Services. It lets consumers compare 26 quality of care measures in about 4,000 hospitals nation wide.
Patients rated hospital services such as how quickly they were given care and how well the communication was between them and the medical staff. In all there were ten main areas of experiences that patients had.
The purpose of the site is to help consumers make more informed decisions about where to go for care and treatment of certain ailments and illnesses. It is hoped that it will also allow hospitals to see where there strengths and weaknesses are so that they all can offer the best care and experience for their patients.
The site gives a lot of useful information, so if you are faced with a hospital stay, check the site before you are admitted. It will help to answer a lot of questions you may have and possibly relieve some anxiety about how you will be treated and cared for.
Nurses
We just finished National Nurse’s week and I didn’t want to let it go by without a mention.
Nurses truly are the heart and soul of medicine. They are special people who are there for their patients and who care about those they take care of.
A nurse is expected to do so many things and sometimes they are not pleasant but these modern day angels do them without batting an eye and most of the time, with a smile on their faces.
They offer care, support, and courage in the face of terrible disease and injury. They are the rock on which the medical system functions.
To nurses everywhere, in every discipline, thank you.
Patient Dumping
A hospital in Costa Mesa discharged a 42 year old homeless man, put him in a taxi that drove him 42 miles away to a Mission in skid row.
Even though there were many other missions along the way the hospital decided skid row was where he belonged. This is not the first time hospitals have done this. A man who was paraplegic was found in the gutter in skid row after he was dumped.
Officials are investigating this latest dumping and say they will take appropriate action. The hospitals say that they have been taken to court over previous patient dumpings and have retrained their staffs to prevent this from happening again. Apparently someone at the hospital didn’t get the message.
Choosing a Senior Activity Center
Choosing a senior activity center is an important decision for people to make in their lives. This is a chance for seniors to socialize and be involved in the community. It gives them a chance to get away from being isolated in their homes all during the week. You can find a senior activity center that is available during the week or even on weekends.
Select a senior activity center that is located near the senior’s home. This way there is often an activity bus that is willing to come and pick up members of the center if they can’t drive on a particular day. A close by center increases the chances that the senior will leave home to go to activities that are scheduled.
Select a senior activity center that has a registered nurse and several CNAs on the staff. Provide them with a list of special diet needs, activity restrictions and medications for the senior. Make certain that all medications are packed and ready to go with the senior on days of activities.
Are the seniors addressed by name? Does the staff remember the seniors? What are the qualifications of the staff? These are all important considerations. Take the time to visit the center at different time intervals on different days of the week to get a feel for how they operate.
The obvious that many people over look is select a senior center that actually has activities that the senior will enjoy. If the center is a sports theme and your senior family member or friend is into crafts they won’t spend much time at the center and vice versa. Go over the monthly calendar with the senior and have them select activities. If there is nothing for them to select consider a different center.
Deadly Flu Virus
The New York Times reports that the deadly flu virus that was accidently given to labs around the world in test kits, have almost all been destroyed. This is the strain of the Asian flu that killed millions of people in 1957. The experts say that 99.6 % of the samples have been destroyed, and it is estimated that only a couple dozen are still around…somewhere…well, come on now, if they knew where they were they’d have destroyed them too. I don’t know about you, but that sure makes me feel a whole lot safer. I mean how many people can become infected from just a couple dozen samples? MILLIONS. That’s how many. All it will take is one sample, in the wrong hands to infect one or two people. You do the math. More scary than that , is the fact that they really don’t know where these samples are. What does that mean? I guess we’ll find out in a few weeks, in the mean time…ACHOOO!!!!
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