Flying back to Washington from Miami, President Obama called Janice Langbehn, the woman who accused a Jackson Memorial Hospital worker of not letting her visit her dying partner, after signing a directive ordering hospitals to allow visits to anyone a patient decides, including gay and lesbian partners.
"The steps that President Obama outlined tonight are a great leap forward in addressing discrimination affecting LGBT patients and their families," said Kevin Cathcart, Lambda Legal Executive Director. "These measures are intended to ensure that no family will have to experience what the Langbehn-Pond family did that night at Jackson Memorial Hospital."
Jackson earlier this week announced it had revised its policy.
Jackson Memorial Hospital has yet to apologize, and they should be leading the way for the Healthcare Industry on recognizing designated decision-makers, not especially Gay ones.
Here's the Executive Staff shoule anyone care to express their concerns:
eneida.roldan@jhsmiami.org
david.small@jhsmiami.org
christopher.bayer@jhsmiami.org
GKaiser@med.miami.edu
michael.casanova@jhsmiami.org
SSears@jhsmiami.org
rcuming@jhsmiami.org
john.brandecker@jhsmiami.org
MAkiti@jhsmiami.org
mhuot@jhsmiami.org
tlucas@jhsmiami.org
dsalinas@jhsmiami.org
Edwin.Odell@jhsmiami.org
Posted by: customartist | April 16, 2010 at 01:07 PM