Cutting edge, free treatment provided for little girl..funded by the Catholic Church

[koshergrl]

Progressives eternally maintain that nobody will provide for the sick, halt and lame unless they are allowed to do it using our funds...
Obviously, not true:

Little girl was born without a trachea, and they didn't have the money for the treatment:


"A 2-year-old girl born without a windpipe now has a new one grown from her own stem cells, the youngest patient in the world to benefit from the experimental treatment."

"Hannah's parents had read about Dr. Paolo Macchiarini's success using stem-cell based tracheas but couldn't afford to pay for the operation at his center, the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm. So Dr. Mark Holterman helped the family arrange to have the procedure at his Peoria hospital, bringing in Macchiarini to lead the operation. Children's Hospital waived the cost, likely hundreds of thousands of dollars, Holterman said."

"Part of OSF Saint Francis Medical Center, the Roman Catholic hospital considers the operation part of their mission to provide charity care, but also views it as a way to champion a type of stem-cell therapy that doesn't involve human embryos, the surgeons said. The Catholic church opposes using stem cells derived from human embryos in research or treatment."

Read more: 2-year-old girl gets windpipe made from stem cells | Fox News​

 

[koshergrl]

Where are the anti-Christian yahoos who usually are screaming "CHRISTIANS DON'T GIVE A SHIT ABOUT CHILDREN AFTER THEY'RE BORN!!"

Probably drilling peep holes in abortion clinic bathrooms.

 

[TheOldSchool]

There are countless stories of Churches helping people. It's a wonderful aspect of religion that they give to those in need.

But there are far more people in need than Churches can afford. And in many places there are no churches don't have near enough money to provide for such help.

 

[hoosier88]

Good on St. Francis Medical Center, it's a start.

There's a lot more to do, of course, but still, it's a start.

 

[koshergrl]

Good grief, the Catholic church has been doing this since its inception.

I despair of the education our children receive in public school.

 

[hoosier88]

Good grief, the Catholic church has been doing this since its inception.

I despair of the education our children receive in public school.

As I recall, it was the Rev. A. Greeley, S.J., writing in conjunction with NORCA in Chicago, who pinpointed that vocations in the Church fell off when the parishes stopped building, staffing & operating Catholic schools. (There were other factors, of course.)

But they did the research & I believe did the data regressions - no parochial schools = no religious vocations, although there is a timing issue. It takes time for the ripples to spread out & make the damage evident.

The NCCB is trying to repair the damage, but it will take generations. & there are other concerns ...

 

[t_polkow]

Where are the anti-Christian yahoos who usually are screaming "CHRISTIANS DON'T GIVE A SHIT ABOUT CHILDREN AFTER THEY'RE BORN!!"

Probably drilling peep holes in abortion clinic bathrooms.

No thats what your priests do with little boys using glory holes so the alter boys can "service" the priest during "holy mass"

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EpuYoK6wv_Y]Priest Off - YouTube[/ame]

 

[depotoo]

Good on St. Francis Medical Center, it's a start.

There's a lot more to do, of course, but still, it's a start.

What do you mean, a start? This type of thing has been going on for decades upon decades.

 

[Starlight]

Progressives eternally maintain that nobody will provide for the sick, halt and lame unless they are allowed to do it using our funds...
Obviously, not true:

Little girl was born without a trachea, and they didn't have the money for the treatment:


"A 2-year-old girl born without a windpipe now has a new one grown from her own stem cells, the youngest patient in the world to benefit from the experimental treatment."

"Hannah's parents had read about Dr. Paolo Macchiarini's success using stem-cell based tracheas but couldn't afford to pay for the operation at his center, the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm. So Dr. Mark Holterman helped the family arrange to have the procedure at his Peoria hospital, bringing in Macchiarini to lead the operation. Children's Hospital waived the cost, likely hundreds of thousands of dollars, Holterman said."

"Part of OSF Saint Francis Medical Center, the Roman Catholic hospital considers the operation part of their mission to provide charity care, but also views it as a way to champion a type of stem-cell therapy that doesn't involve human embryos, the surgeons said. The Catholic church opposes using stem cells derived from human embryos in research or treatment."

Read more: 2-year-old girl gets windpipe made from stem cells | Fox News​

Thanks for the excellent article, koshergrl....Very Interesting!

 

[koshergrl]

Good on St. Francis Medical Center, it's a start.

There's a lot more to do, of course, but still, it's a start.

What do you mean, a start? This type of thing has been going on for decades upon decades.

Millennia.

 

[Noomi]

Progressives eternally maintain that nobody will provide for the sick, halt and lame unless they are allowed to do it using our funds...
Obviously, not true:

Little girl was born without a trachea, and they didn't have the money for the treatment:


"A 2-year-old girl born without a windpipe now has a new one grown from her own stem cells, the youngest patient in the world to benefit from the experimental treatment."

"Hannah's parents had read about Dr. Paolo Macchiarini's success using stem-cell based tracheas but couldn't afford to pay for the operation at his center, the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm. So Dr. Mark Holterman helped the family arrange to have the procedure at his Peoria hospital, bringing in Macchiarini to lead the operation. Children's Hospital waived the cost, likely hundreds of thousands of dollars, Holterman said."

"Part of OSF Saint Francis Medical Center, the Roman Catholic hospital considers the operation part of their mission to provide charity care, but also views it as a way to champion a type of stem-cell therapy that doesn't involve human embryos, the surgeons said. The Catholic church opposes using stem cells derived from human embryos in research or treatment."

Read more: 2-year-old girl gets windpipe made from stem cells | Fox News​

Please do not turn something wonderful into a troll fest.
Its great that the church helped this little girl, and using her own stem cells, instead of embryonic cells - which DON'T work - is brilliant.

 

[novasteve]

Libs think she should have been aborted and then a woman can have a penis

 

[Noomi]

Libs think she should have been aborted and then a woman can have a penis

 

[Ravi]

Very nice. You realize they are funded by American taxpayers, right Babble? So we all helped pay for this little Swedish girl's medical care and can be proud of ourselves.

 

[Noomi]

Very nice. You realize they are funded by American taxpayers, right Babble? So we all helped pay for this little Swedish girl's medical care and can be proud of ourselves.

OMG socialism! Don't mention that word ever again!

 

[editec]

Progressives eternally maintain that nobody will provide for the sick, halt and lame unless they are allowed to do it using our funds...

Start out with a lying presupposition and everything that follows is nonsense, lass.

 

[hoosier88]

Progressives eternally maintain that nobody will provide for the sick, halt and lame unless they are allowed to do it using our funds...

Start out with a lying presupposition and everything that follows is nonsense, lass.

(My bold)

Nah, eternally is an adverb that only applies to divinity & the semi-divine: eternal stars, eternal truths, & so on. It doesn't fit in well with sneering references to Progressives.

Tone is important when you're trying to convince someone ...