San Diego hospital closed to accommodate Bush visit; No chemo

[cynatnite]

SAN DIEGO, Aug. 30 -- The Naval Medical Center in San Diego's Balboa Park was shut down to accommodate a visit by President George W. Bush Aug. 30, RAW STORY has learned, forcing patients to cancel chemotherapy treatments and hundreds of scheduled patient visits.

"The pharmacy is closed. The emergency room is closed. Even chemotherapy patients will not be allowed on base," the daughter of one patient told RAW STORY shortly before the President's arrival. "My mother is a patient...She was contacted and told that her appointment had been canceled and would be rescheduled later…All civilian personnel and patients will not be allowed on base."

http://rawstory.com/news/2005/San_Diego_hospital_closed_to_acommodate_Bush_visit_No_ch_0906.html

[Beaverhausen]

1. oh my god that is fucked up- why was he there instead of Louisiana

oh...nevermind...

[Lindacooks]

2. Having successfully nursed my dh through cancer when we were 25

years old, I can say that delaying chemo can ENDANGER LIVES. Doctors time chemo treatments very carefully, watching white blood counts and cancer cell markers. Delays are a very serious NO NO. Fuck Bush for all the deaths he has caused and will cause.

[Lindsay]

3. Yo, George. Stay home.

No more photo ops to the detriment of actual human beings. K?

[Media_Lies_Daily]

4. Incredible.

[Kerrytravelers]

5. Why should * care about the people?

Most likely, the military in San Diego are his loyal subjects anyway.

:eyes:

[MindPilot]

6. such a feckless little coward

can't even go into a military hospital. Probably afraid some triple amputee will beat him to death with an emesis basin.