Hospital Discrimination
Two friends of mine were gay males. They had a pact tht if either one of them became a veggie from medical complications, the other one would kill him.
Well, one was taken to the hospital for a stroke. The other wa not allowed access to doctors. He assumed the worst and came back to the hospital with a gun. He killed his partner, then himself.
It turned out that the sick partner was healing nicely with mind intact.
To great guys dead because the docs would not recognize they were a life-long couple.
I "think" that if one goes to a lawer an files a liing will once can get access to hospitals and medical decisions, but I do not know for sure. Probably varies state to state.
Below from change.org. Go sign the petition.
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Terri-Ann says that a Universal Health Services hospital discriminated against her and her pregnant partner because they are lesbians.
Taking a pregnant partner to the hospital for surgery would be an incredibly tough day for anyone. But for Terri-Ann Simonelli, that day got even worse when a hospital employee told her she couldn't make any medical decisions for her partner, Brittney, because they are gay.
"Despite being in a legal, state-recognized domestic partnership, we were told that I wouldn't be able to make any medical decisions for my family," Terri-Ann says. "According to a hospital employee, that was their policy."
The hospital where Brittney was treated is owned by Universal Health Services, a Fortune 500 company that owns and operates hundreds of hospitals all over America.
Click here to sign Terri-Ann's petition demanding that Universal Health Services comply with the law and treat all families equally.
Thanks for being a change-maker,
- Mark Anthony and the Change.org team
Well, one was taken to the hospital for a stroke. The other wa not allowed access to doctors. He assumed the worst and came back to the hospital with a gun. He killed his partner, then himself.
It turned out that the sick partner was healing nicely with mind intact.
To great guys dead because the docs would not recognize they were a life-long couple.
I "think" that if one goes to a lawer an files a liing will once can get access to hospitals and medical decisions, but I do not know for sure. Probably varies state to state.
Below from change.org. Go sign the petition.
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Terri-Ann says that a Universal Health Services hospital discriminated against her and her pregnant partner because they are lesbians.
Taking a pregnant partner to the hospital for surgery would be an incredibly tough day for anyone. But for Terri-Ann Simonelli, that day got even worse when a hospital employee told her she couldn't make any medical decisions for her partner, Brittney, because they are gay.
"Despite being in a legal, state-recognized domestic partnership, we were told that I wouldn't be able to make any medical decisions for my family," Terri-Ann says. "According to a hospital employee, that was their policy."
The hospital where Brittney was treated is owned by Universal Health Services, a Fortune 500 company that owns and operates hundreds of hospitals all over America.
Click here to sign Terri-Ann's petition demanding that Universal Health Services comply with the law and treat all families equally.
Thanks for being a change-maker,
- Mark Anthony and the Change.org team