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Dr. Hammesfahr, “Terri Can Eat and Swallow.”
As Pontius Whittmore deliberates while an innocent handicapped person starves to death, Dr. William Hammesfahr, nominated for a nobel prize in Medicine and Physiology for his work in stroke and brain injury weighs in on Terri Schiavo.
“The important thing for people to understand is that she can eat and swallow right now,” said William Hammesfahr, a neurologist who has examined Schiavo.
Hammesfahr has examined Terri in the past…
“They are truly withholding food from a person who is awake, alert, and can eat and swallow,” Hammesfahr said. After spending at least 10 hours with Schiavo several years ago, he told Florida Judge George W. Greer that she can improve with therapy.
And there are physicians who corroborate his analysis…
Hammesfahr said there are at least 50 physicians he knows of, in private practice and related to medical universities who have said Schiavo is not in a PVS or in a coma.
And he describes the process of starvation…
“People who die of starvation, their acid eats through their stomach, they develop infections in their body, their body starts to dissolve from the inside out, they develop seizures, [and] frequently it breaks their back,” he said. “They have to have medications to essentially put them into a coma to not have their body break their back or something of that nature.”
Hopefully Judge Whittmore will consult with Dr. Hammesfahr before Terri reaches a point of no return.
UPDATE: Lots of others commenting on Dr. Hammesfahr’s observations.
Billy Goat
Sigmund, Carl and Alfred
AllThings2All
Civilization Calls
Discarded Lies
And many more…
UPDATE: Clearly there is an effort to ignore the evidence for Terri Schiavo’s condition and divert attention by attacking the person of Dr. Hammesfahr. However, as WorldNetDaily is reporting, yesterday, Mar. 23, Dr. William Cheshire from the Mayo Clinic branch in Jacksonville came to similar conclusions as Hammesfahr after examining Terri Schiavo… and note… after she had been deprived of food and water since Friday, Mar.18, 2005.
But there is additional evidence the pro death crowd chooses to ignore. Dr. William Campbell, who conducted the original bone scans of Terri Schiavo concluded she had suffered a trauma, not a heart problem. This was concurred with by Dr. Michael Baden, an esteemed New York pathologist who viewed the scans ten years later. The bone scans and the medical information surrounding Terri Schiavo had been supressed for nearly a decade. There are huge problems with this case. A full, independent inquiry, done by people who are not resident of this area of Florida or perhaps even the State, needs to be conducted. As I have stated several times, this is a very bad case for the right-to-die crowd to champion.
I wonder if it bothers anyone that Michael Schiavo’s attorney, George Felos is being sued by the U.S. Dept. of HHS to recover $14.8 million dollars paid to the hospice which runs Woodside Hospice where Terri is resident? Felos was chairman of the board at the time. The U.S. attorney is accusing fraud in the case.
And another item of interest…
Terri Schiavo was moved secretly by George Felos from Palm Gardens Convalescent Home in Largo to Woodside Hospice, which is operated by the Hospice of the Florida Suncoast of which Felos was chairman of the board. Terri was moved illegally, without doctor certification or a judicial order. People cannot be admitted to hospice without doctor certification that they are terminally ill and have six months or less to live. Dr. Gambone, Terri’s attending physician, indicated in his affidavit that Terri Schiavo was not in a persistant vegetative state, responded well to stimuli, and could function in a limited way. He indicated she did not need hospice care.
Additionally, the fact that Michael Schiavo’s lawyer, George Felos was chairman of the board of the Hospice of the Florida Suncoast which operates Woodside Hospice, was not revealed by Felos. This raises serious ethical issues. And I would postulate that Judge Greer was aware of this because his good friend, Sheriff Everett Rice, now a state legislator, was also on the board of the hospice. If Judge Greer was aware of this conflict of interest of George Felos, the judge had a legal and ethical duty to reveal it. It would also have been Sheriff Rice’s duty to investigate any claims of abuse which he apparently ignored. Would Rice’s relationship to Judge Greer and George Felos have anything to do with this? It would also have been the jurisdiction of district attorney Bernie McCabe, who was elected in 1992. McCabe has refused to get involved in the Schiavo case inspite of being requested to do so.
Like I’ve said, if it walks like a duck, quacks like a duck, looks like a duck, is it a dove?
Check out this story. It will amaze you.
http://myopiczeal.blogsome.com/2005/03/21/dr-hammesfahr-terri-can-eat-and-swallow/trackback/
Excellent post- I’m going to link and TB to you in an AM post. Well done!
Comment by Sigmund, Carl and Alfred — March 21, 2005 @ 9:19 pm
is out there trumpeting how wonderful it is to starve to death and die from dehydration… more fraud. Maybe we could conduct another one of those free […]
Pingback by Myopic Zeal :: The Rather-ing of Terri Schiavo — March 22, 2005 @ 12:56 pm
You are not a Nobel nominee, you jackass
Just because some jackass writes a letter doesn’t mean you were “up for the Nobel prize,” as Hannity put it.
Trackback by dadahead — March 22, 2005 @ 8:46 pm
Starving to Death as Courts Quibble,New Appeal
It’s World Water Day today. I’m reminded of how ironic the value systems of our world can be. We care about the abstract notion of the provision of adequate water throughout the world while 41 year old Terri Schiavo is being forced to starve and dehy…
Trackback by Allthings2all — March 22, 2005 @ 10:05 pm
e was the doctor who did the scan). Find additional independent medical analysis here and here.) Plus another bizarre twist surfaces regarding the form […]
Pingback by Myopic Zeal :: Schiavo attorney, Felos on Board of Hospice. — March 23, 2005 @ 6:41 am
C’mon people….talk about myopic zeal…This “Nobel Prize” nominee has been disciplined by the Florida Board of Medicine, and his nomination was from a Republican representative from Florida (who has no say in any kind of Nobel Prize issues–it’s like me nominating someone)…
More info:
http://mediamatters.org/items/200503220009
Comment by UseYourBrains — March 23, 2005 @ 12:16 pm
It is amazing how our country can allow a handicapped person to be starved to death, and yet we are going to countries abroad to save people from starving to death. We are allowing judges to murder people right under our noses, and then telling us that it is in the best interest of that person. Judges should not have complete control over who lives or dies. In Terri’s case, both Judges Greer and Judge Whittmore needs to be taken off the bench. If we, as a nation, let these judges get away with murdering an innocent handicapped person, what next? Will they continue to go to the elderly or to innocent handicapped children? People, you need to start thinking about what these judges are capable of. We live in a time when life means very little to these type people. These Judges, especially Greer and Whittmore, need to be investigated. I have learned of information that one of these two Judges worked with a woman that is the mother of Michael Schivo’s mistress and that she pleaded with that Judge to have the feeding tube taken out of Terri Schivo. We need to stand up for what is right, and in the case of Terri Schivo, starving her to death, or anyone else for that matter, needs to be addressed. We need to act now. The woman is dying and no one should go through this ordeal. She needs to have the tube re-inserted. Only God has the right to say when a person is ready to go to heaven, not some Judge.
Comment by Ruby Johnson — March 23, 2005 @ 6:31 pm
Hammesfahr, a Florida neurologist disciplined in 2003 by the Florida Board of Medicine who claims he can help Terri Schiavo, testified during an October 2002 court hearing on the Schiavo case that his claim to be a Nobel nominee is based on a letter written by Rep. Mike Bilirakis (R-FL) recommending him for the prize. But Bilirakis is not qualified to make a valid nomination under the Nobel rules.
http://mediamatters.org/items/200503220009
Hammesfahr may have been the only attendant at the 4th International Symposium on Brain Injury and Cerebral Palsy because there is no evidence but his PR “news releases” that such an event ever took place.
Comment by wenda — March 23, 2005 @ 9:31 pm
Hopefully, the judges that review the case will interview a credible neurologist, and not Hammesfahr. Disciplined by the Florida Board of Medicine. Required to take remedial courses in ETHICS. Find another neurologist in the Tampa Bay area who has anything positive to say about the abilities of this man.
TOL responds: Clearly there is an effort to ignore the evidence for Terri Schiavo’s condition and divert attention by attacking the person of Dr. Hammesfahr. However, as recently as yesterday, Mar. 23, Dr. William Cheshire from the Mayo Clinic branch in Jacksonville came to similar conclusions as Hammesfahr after examining Terri Schiavo… and note… after she had been deprived of food and water since Friday, Mar.18, 2005. But there is additional evidence the pro death crowd chooses to ignore. Dr. William Campbell, who conducted the original bone scans of Terri Schiavo concluded she had suffered a trauma, not a heart problem. This was concurred with by Dr. Michael Baden, an esteemed New York pathologist who viewed the scans ten years later. The bone scans and the medical information surrounding Terri Schiavo had been supressed for nearly a decade. There are huge problems with this case and a full, independent inquiry, done by people who are not resident of this area of Florida or perhaps even the State needs to be conducted. I wonder if it bothers anyone that Michael Schiavo’s attorney, George Felos is being sued by the U.S. Dept. of HHS to recover $14.8 million dollars paid to the hospice whichs runs Woodside Hospice where Terri is resident. Felos was chairman of the board at the time. The U.S. attorney is accusing fraud in the case.
TOL adds another item of interest… Terri Schiavo was moved secretly by George Felos from Palm Gardens Convalescent Home in Largo to Woodside Hospice, operated by the Hospice of the Florida Suncoast of which Felos was chairman of the board. Terri was moved illegally, without doctor certification or a judicial order. People cannot be admitted to hospice without doctor certification. Dr. Gambone, Terri’s attending physician, indicated in his affidavit that Terri Schiavo was not in a persistant vegetative state, responded well to stimuli, and could function in a limited way. He indicated she did not need hospice care.
Comment by JB — March 23, 2005 @ 9:35 pm
Media Matters and others are right about Bill Hammefahr’s supposed nomination for a Nobel and disciplinary record. He had a legislator prepare a letter nominating him for a Nobel Peace Prize in Medicine. Guess what? There is no such award, but the gullible are taken in by the flashing of the word ‘Nobel.’ Hammefahr is considered a quack.
Contrary to what is posted here, Dr. Gambone has confirmed Ms. Schiavo is in a persistent vegetative state.
I think this article worth reading for an overview of how the condition is defined, and, a history of Ms. Schiavo’s medical care.
Comment by Mac Diva — March 26, 2005 @ 3:11 pm
This is beyond pathetic! Of course people are attacking Dr. Hammesfahr. He is a fraud. First of all, the names of Nobel Prize nominees are kept secret for 50 years. There’s no way that he could know if he was nominated for a Nobel Prize. Second, the guy has never even presented a paper at an academic conference, much less a refereed journal. It’s inconceivable that anyone who has never published even one refereed paper would be nominated for a Nobel Prize in any scientific field. Heck, I’ve presented papers at conferences, and I don’t have a doctorate in anything! He’s never even done a properly reviewed clinical study. The only award this guy’s ever gotten is to be listed on medical quackery websites (like www.quackwatch.com).
By the way, evidence of trauma is not evidence of abuse. Ms. Schiavo did, after all, lose consciousness from her heart attack. Many boxers have broken bones when they’ve fallen after being knocked out.
And I love the line about the “suppressed” evidence. Always my favorite way of spreading innuendo.
Comment by Jeff Smith — March 31, 2005 @ 9:39 pm
If Terri could eat and swallow, why did the Schindlers fight having her feeding tube removed and why did Medicaid pay for something that was medically unnecessary?
Comment by Luvs — June 15, 2005 @ 2:38 am
Regarding Kate Adamson…She was in a coma not a PVS like Terri. They are completely different conditions. Kate’s cerebral cortex was not destroyed and replaced with cerebral spinal fluid as Terri’s was.
Comment by Luvs — June 15, 2005 @ 2:41 am
Now that the autopsy results are out… it looks like this “Nobel Prize nominee” was WAY OFF the mark on this one… this guy is more of a republican operative than a doctor.
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