From The Associated Press, 6/15/05:
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/8225637
Schiavo autopsy report backs husband
Medical examiner says she suffered from 'irreversible' brain injury
The Associated Press
TAMPA, Fla. -
In a victory for Michael Schiavo, a coroner who performed an autopsy
on Terri Schiavo reported Wednesday that she suffered from an
irreversible brain injury and would not have recovered as her parents
insisted was possible.
"Her brain was profoundly atrophied," Jon Thogmartin, medical examiner
for Florida's Pinellas and Pasco counties, told a press conference.
"There was massive neuronal loss, or death. This was irreversible."
He added that all evidence indicated that she could not have survived
without a feeding tube.
In response to questions, Thogmartin said there was no evidence
Schiavo suffered from abuse.
In addition, the report said no evidence existed that Michael Schiavo
tried to hasten his wife's death via drugs or other substances as her
parents had alleged.
Schiavo died March 31 at the age of 41, nearly two weeks after the
feeding tube keeping her alive was removed by a court order sought by
her husband, Michael Schiavo.
Her death marked the end of a bitter, seven-year legal battle between
Michael Schiavo and her parents, Bob and Mary Schindler, who
desperately tried to keep her alive.
Their efforts reached the halls of the Congress and made news around
the world.
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Slick Willie Frist had better take up knitting.
Harry
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