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the_ignored
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Posted - 06/09/2012 :  17:11:02  Show Profile Send the_ignored a Private Message  Reply with Quote
If you thought that fundie pharmacists refusing to dispense medications was bad, get a load of this.

Details here.

A gay HIV-positive man says in court that a hospital denied him treatment and visitors, as the doctor remarked, "This is what he gets for going against God's will."
Joao Simoes sued Trinitas Regional Medical Center in Union County Superior Court. He says that the hospital admitted him in August 2011, but that "requests for his lifesaving medication were not honored," and his sister was denied visitation rights.


Borga allegedly responded: "You must be gay, too, if you're his doctor."
"Additionally, apparently realizing that plaintiff's doctor had an accent, Dr. Borga exclaimed, 'What, do you need a translator?' to which plaintiff's doctor had again responded that Dr. Borga needed to give plaintiff his HIV medication," the complaint states.
"Dr. Borga responded to plaintiff's doctor by stating, 'This is what he gets for going against God's will,' and hung up the phone on plaintiff's doctor."

>From: enuffenuff@fastmail.fm
(excerpt follows):
> I'm looking to teach these two bastards a lesson they'll never forget.
> Personal visit by mates of mine. No violence, just a wee little chat.
>
> **** has also committed more crimes than you can count with his
> incitement of hatred against a religion. That law came in about 2007
> much to ****'s ignorance. That is fact and his writing will become well
> know as well as him becoming a publicly known icon of hatred.
>
> Good luck with that fuckwit. And Reynold, fucking run, and don't stop.
> Disappear would be best as it was you who dared to attack me on my
> illness knowing nothing of the cause. You disgust me and you are top of
> the list boy. Again, no violence. Just regular reminders of who's there
> and visits to see you are behaving. Nothing scary in reality. But I'd
> still disappear if I was you.

What brought that on? this. Original posting here.

Another example of this guy's lunacy here.

Kil
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USA
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Posted - 06/09/2012 :  20:18:14   [Permalink]  Show Profile  Visit Kil's Homepage  Send Kil an AOL message  Send Kil a Yahoo! Message Send Kil a Private Message  Reply with Quote
Geez.

Uncertainty may make you uncomfortable. Certainty makes you ridiculous.

Why not question something for a change?

Genetic Literacy Project
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HalfMooner
Dingaling

Philippines
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Posted - 06/09/2012 :  22:02:59   [Permalink]  Show Profile Send HalfMooner a Private Message  Reply with Quote
Dr. Borga (alleged) actions show the life of patient and her medical vows were less important than her bizarre religion. She should be immediately barred from practice.

And they like to say a War on Religion is being waged against them. It's as though Imperial Japan had expressed utter shock that the US responded after Pearl Harbor.

Only two things could explain this kind of disconnect from reality. Psychotic-grade delusions, and/or Big Lie-class propaganda.

Biology is just physics that has begun to smell bad.” —HalfMooner
Here's a link to Moonscape News, and one to its Archive.
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sailingsoul
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Posted - 06/10/2012 :  19:11:12   [Permalink]  Show Profile Send sailingsoul a Private Message  Reply with Quote
What's astonishing to me, after the story itself, is that this doctor apparently believes that her God condones, possibly would prefer or require, this kind of treatment and behavior toward this patient and others like him. I doubt she is working in a vacuum or alone toward her ends in that hospital. She might view herself as a leader if so that might explain her zeal.

edit : I agree she should not have a license and be permitted to discriminate toward her patients in this manner. If I were her patient I might dream of arranging a rendezvous between her and my bedpan on my last day before release.

There are only two types of religious people, the deceivers and the deceived. SS
Edited by - sailingsoul on 06/10/2012 19:22:16
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Valiant Dancer
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Posted - 06/12/2012 :  06:16:03   [Permalink]  Show Profile  Visit Valiant Dancer's Homepage Send Valiant Dancer a Private Message  Reply with Quote
Originally posted by HalfMooner

Dr. Borga (alleged) actions show the life of patient and her medical vows were less important than her bizarre religion. She should be immediately barred from practice.

And they like to say a War on Religion is being waged against them. It's as though Imperial Japan had expressed utter shock that the US responded after Pearl Harbor.

Only two things could explain this kind of disconnect from reality. Psychotic-grade delusions, and/or Big Lie-class propaganda.


Dr. Borga's (alledged) actions shows that he probably took the Hypocritical oath instead of that other one which pledges to treat the sick coined by that Greek dude.

Cthulhu/Asmodeus when you're tired of voting for the lesser of two evils

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