Contact: Mary Foley, Terri Schiavo Life & Hope Network, 484-278-4287, mfoley@lifeandhope.com
Philadelphia, Pa., Dec. 27 / — Attorney Christopher Johnson has filed with the Supreme Court of the State of New York, asking the court to allow Mr. Bobby Schindler, brother of Terri Schiavo to serve as Guardian for Mr. Gary Harvey.
In 2006, Mr. Harvey, a Chemung County resident, was involved in a home accident, which left him with a profound brain injury. His spouse, Mrs. Sara Harvey, sought guardianship only to be denied by the Chemung County Supreme Court who ultimately appointed the Chemung County Department of Social Services as Mr. Harvey’s guardian. Since that time, Mrs. Harvey has been in a prolonged court battle with Chemung County officials and the New York State Court System.
Indeed, it was in May of 2009 when the ethics committee from the hospital where Mr. Harvey was residing recommended the removal of his nutrition and hydration tube, and also issued a “do-not-resuscitate order” (DNR).
Fortunately, the court denied that request. However, inexplicably, the DNR stayed in place and Mr. Harvey remains under the control of Chemung County, despite the fact that the county tried to end his life.
“I have raised the question many times, ‘How can Chemung County, Guardian of Mr. Harvey, be acting in his best interest when they, in fact, tried to kill him?’ From all indications, it appears that Mr. Harvey has been warehoused and denied the opportunity to receive the care and rehabilitative services that would benefit his condition,” stated Bobby Schindler.
It is the hope that with this filing, the court will recognize that Mr. Harvey deserves the chance to receive aggressive therapy and rehabilitation. Certainly from Mr. Schindler’s experience with brain injured persons, he would afford Mr. Harvey the help he needs in the hopes to significantly improve his quality of life.
Bobby Schindler is the brother of Terri Schiavo and is the Executive Director of the Terri Schiavo Life & Hope Network, established in 2005 to protect the rights of the medically vulnerable. For more information, please visit www.lifeandhope.com
NASGA wholeheartedly supports Bobby Schindler’s petition to replace Chemung County as Gary Harvey’s guardian!
He sure is Elaine and now my husband has a chance for freedom and free of the isolation that county forces him to live.
The Schlindler Family rakes in more than $30 million years in donations…to save the brain dead. When Terry Schlindler Schiavo died, more than 30 courts stated that according to the extensive medical evaluations her brain case was filled with water. She was not sentient or alive, and there was ZERO chance of her recovery.
Terry Schiavo’s husband spent more than $7 million dollars of medical insurance and injury monies to attempt to rehabilitate her…but was lied to by the “rehabilitation hospital” that she was making progress. She was not and with each advancing year her brain atrophied and turned to water.
The Schindler family, and many rehab hospitals make PROFITS to the tune of $200,000 a year per brain dead patient, and would like to make more in profits by forcing you and me, and families to pay for their care, when in fact, many people have “Living Wills” that reject such measures.
Its all about money, its always been about money, and the LIARS involved in defrauding insurance companies and courts out of money to take care of “brain dead” patients.
Katherine Trammell
Katherine Trammell, I don’t know where you get your information from, but it might be a good idea to change sources. You’ve been horribly duped!
I agree with Carrie. Your information is wrong, Katherine.