Sunday, February 08, 2009

Italian Right-do-Die case: 'wrong clinic'

The right-wing nutjobs at the head of Italy are now trying a new tactic to further prolong Eluana Englaro's vegetative state. (As I commented twice on this topic before: Ms. Englaro suffered a horrific car crash 17 years ago that left her with irreversible brain damage, meaning she'll be stuck in her vegetative state forever ... then the Pope also dug his self-righteous paws into the issue.)

Health Minister Maurizio Sacconi said that there were problems with the clinic ('La Quiete') that's hosting Ms. Englaro's lifeless form, and that the clinic also wasn't the hospice faculty called upon by the court's decision to finally grant Ms. Englaro's father's wishes to remove her life-support systems and grant her final wishes to die in peace. Excerpt below from the ABC News website article:

Italy's health minister declared Sunday there were problems with the clinic hosting a woman in a hotly debated right-to-die case, as the government appeared to be trying a new tactic to keep her alive.

Minister Maurizio Sacconi also said the "La Quiete" clinic in Udine isn't the hospice facility called for by the Milan appeals court, which has ruled that Eluana Englaro's feeding tubes can be removed.

As you can expect, this is all bullshit of course, as a following excerpt reveals:

The head of the clinic, Ines Domenicali, said the only anomaly was that volunteers were caring for Englaro, but said everything concerning her care was correct, ANSA reported.

On Sunday, Englaro's neurologist, Dr. Carlo Alberto Defanti, said her condition was "stable, and we are proceeding with the total suspension of artificial nutrition," ANSA said.

Just had to add that last paragraph. Of course, a reputable neurologist (I looked him up) can't be trusted to tell precisely if a patient's brain damage warrants her being left lifeless and vegetative for eternity. What do neurologists know, anyway?

Perhaps there should be a clue as to the batshit government being utterly morally bankrupt and wrong when they're backed by the fuckin' Vatican. Lord Knows the Pope and his cronies always do what's best for everyone, right? No harm in asking THAT death-cult for support and moral guidance, no?

Not to mention, one of the reasons Premier Silvio Berlusconi chose to describe her being kept alive is that she could potentially have children. What do they plan to do, impregnate her when she's unconscious and unable to give consent, or even fucking KNOW she'd have kids? Remove and fertilize her eggs? This is wrong on so many levels I can't even bring myself do describe it.


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