Comments on: Indictments in Sanctuary Hospice case

By: Denise Mize

Denise Mize — Sat, 21 Jun 2008 03:28:25 +0000

I guess I too am a little naive when it comes to certain things but I do know right from wrong.
My stepdad’s mother is one of the victims that the SHH killed during her stay ( which was I believe maybe 5 days). Their are true organizations that help with patients in hopice care and I honor those people. I hope that the legal system does not let my stepdad and the other families down and will punish and maybe shut down the SHH.

By: Nomiss

Nomiss — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 15:01:16 +0000

I visited the Sanctuary Hospice House in Tupelo during their opening, and I have sent monetary contributions because I believe in their mission and their work. I am distressed at the charges made against those at the Sanctuary Hospice House in Tupelo. Although I’ve never had a family member there, I have friends who have had loved ones there, and they all consider the SHH a blessing to them.

I suggest that we make some lemonade out of lemons during this troubling period and ask that people do their own investigation. Please visit the SHH. See the facility and the work going on there. Talk to the families of the patients there. Imagine that you have a loved one at death’s door and ask yourself if you would want that person to be there.

My guess is that when you leave the Sanctuary Hospice House, you will also leave with them a prayer and a donation.

By: Grits

Grits — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 14:18:31 +0000

I am a nurse with years of clinical experience behind me (ain’t admitting to how many exactly – starting to get a mite touchy ’bout that). Once upon a time I was a chemotherapy nurse – and I have had more than one family member in hospice care. The fact that they would use a nurse with no clinical background to investigate ANYTHING just chaps me every which way… just gives creedence to the saying that a little knowledge is a dangerous thing

The bottom line is people go to hospice to die with dignity and comfort.

I have some knowledge of Sanctuary Hospice and the physician involved – Hood is barking up not only the wrong tree – he is in the wrong forest………..

By: Nature Lover

Nature Lover — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 13:31:15 +0000

I expect that B, the nurse , if indeed her background was limited, would have been a good choice for an investigator… not. Like a new Doc taking care of you with little clinical background. For links to these stories:
http://www.djournal.com/pages/story.asp?ID=271912&pub=1&div=News

And the one that speaks to my assertion that someone clueless about death or confused about it and hospice brought the accusations
http://www.djournal.com/pages/story.asp?ID=271913&pub=1&div=News

My assertion that this turned on an outsider’s view of medical care under the microscope as Razor listed some of the possibilities specifically seems more and more to be the case as the DJ article attests.

By: greenradio

greenradio — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 03:07:25 +0000

Good news for the good guys in this ridiculous case:
5 families are attesting that they had no idea Hood was using their loved ones in his case and are protesting quite loudly. That eliminates almost half his supposed victims already.
To answer an earlier question: one of the AG’s investigators was an ex-cop and the other one a nurse with no clinical background.

By: shaveswithaoccamsrazor

shaveswithaoccamsrazor — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 02:55:38 +0000

JSH, I haven’t seen much that JHood knows about other than suing insurance companies for his own personal or professional benefit and enrichment. And things related to “family” members not being treated like common folk.

Good lawd he’s proving more despicable by the day…if that were possible.

By: Justsittinhere

Justsittinhere — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 02:46:06 +0000

This is dreadful. Does Hood even understand what hospice care is? I would rather slap a hospice worker’s butt in jail for not giving enough pain medicine rather than to give too much. Don’t most terminally ill cancer patients die of medication due to unrelenting pain anyway? Jim, please go do something useful there are still unsolved civil rights murders out there.

By: greenradio

greenradio — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 02:34:10 +0000

[Welcome to folo, greenradio, but since I don't want to get sued out of existence, I can't print such as that. Please don't go there again, okay?]

By: Headscratchin

Headscratchin — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 02:33:41 +0000

It takes a special kind of angel or saint to work in a hospice and of the many people I’ve met associated with a hospice, I’ve NEVER heard anything but comapssion and concern. For someone to start picking at a Hospice….. In my book, they better have some clear and convincing evidence that there has been intentional harm inflicted.

It’s just not the kind of career that people flock to for personal glory, money, or fame. I’d say it is more of a calling than a career. And God bless every single person providing hospice care!

By: Nature Lover

Nature Lover — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 02:01:16 +0000

Lotus, I’ve been told I act and vaguely like Robbn’ Williams altho I do do a better doc than him.
Dr White showed remarkable equanimity when I saw him today. “I did not see myself in this situation when I was in med school” was his answer to my greeting and condolences. Id be a wreck myself. I wear my emotions on my sleeves-both of em.
No knock on Paul he usually seems calm .