Frustrated about what is happening to Andrea Clark? Beth at MVRWC has complied a list of individuals who should be notified about her case and who can help. (Remember to contact St. Lukes Episopal Hospital: 832-355-1000 as well). I'm going to reproduce her entire list below and hope that you will do the same - this needs to spread far and wide:
Senator John Cornyn
http://cornyn.senate.gov/index.asp?f=contact&lid=1 (scroll down, theres a form)Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison:
http://hutchison.senate.gov/e-mail.htm (scroll down)They got involved with the Terri Schiavo case, after all.
Rep. Sheila Jackson-Lee: EMAIL Washington Office (202) 225-3816 (202) 225-3317 FaxHouston Office
1919 Smith Street
Suite 1180
Houston, Texas 77002
(713) 655-0050
(713) 655-1612 FaxHeights Office
420 West 19th Street
Houston, Texas 77008
(713) 861-4070Acres Home Office
6719 West Montgomery
Suite 204
Houston, Texas 77091
(713) 691-4882
State/local peoplethese are important:Rep. Martha Wong (R - Houston), 512-463-0389
Senator Mario Gallegos, District 6 (Harris County/Houston)
(713) 678-8600
(713) 678-7080 (fax)Senator Jon Lindsay, District 7 (Harris County/Houston)
(281) 583-1011
(281) 444-0189 (fax)Houston Mayor Bill White:
PHONE: 713.247.2200Mayors Office for People With Disabilities
http://www.houstontx.gov/disabilities/index.htmlGovernor Perry: http://www.governor.state.tx.us/contact/#contactinfo
Contact the Governor by Mail or Telephone
Telephone
- Citizens Assistance Hotline: (800) 843-5789 (for Texas callers)
- Citizens Opinion Hotline: (800) 252-9600 (for Texas callers)
- Citizens Assistance and Opinion Hotline: (512) 463-1782 (for Austin, Texas and out-of-state callers)
- Office of the Governor Main Switchboard: (512) 463-2000 (office hours are 7:30 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. CST)
- Citizens Assistance Telecommunications Device
- If you are using a telecommunication device for the deaf (TDD), call 711 to reach Relay Texas
- Fax Office of the Governor Fax: (512) 463-1849
David Jeffrey Fine is the Administrator of the hospital. Add him to your list of contacts:
dfine@sleh.com
I ran across the following while surfing the net. It seems that Andrea's plight, and the Texas "futile care" law, have caught the attention of a columnist for Baptist Press: http://www.bpnews.net/bpcolumn.asp?ID=2230
Euthanasia is another word for MURDER> If Andrea were your mother, aunt, wife, sister, daughter I am quite sure this would not be happening to you. Or would it??? Mr. Fine, you think and hide behind a title and could not care less for any patient in your little hospital. But, someday you will be answering to a much higher power and you will know all too well where you will be spending eternity. Texas law is nuts--but anyone who dares to remove this woman from life support should be tried for murder and convicted. God help us all. E.R.R.N,MSN in Pa.