Cancelling A Date With The Reaper. I Told You So.

On January 18, I unleashed some pent-up fury upon my Medical Board (whose back-room cover-upping has incurred my disdain on several occasions) for the stupid innane decision to not roll up its sleeves and do something to CHANGE THE LAW that puts doctors in the execution chamber. Instead the NC Medical Board polished-off its patented, very old-school "go-along-to-get-along" act: A physician still has to attend the execution (on the state's premise he/she is there to "relieve suffering): . . . but the physician can't do anything that might be construed as participating in the process, even if it alieviates pain & suffering. A physician who does lift that finger faces discpline/sanction, presumably even prosecution.

Well, you know what happened? A judge today stopped two scheduled executions, citing the Medical Board's non-decision and agreeing with defense attorneys that is was a significant change in protocol. Sayeth one of those attorneys, "This is a critical aspect of the protocol in North Carolina, that a physician participate. A physician can't simply be a fly on the wall."

(Tongue firmly in cheek), ya think? On the other hand, I always thought we were just bugs to be squashed.

It's the first time in a long while I've agreed with a lawyer.