17 Doctors call for
new tests for Terri Schiavo

New testing and therapeutic methods
asked for by family, doctors agree

To: National Desk

Clearwater, FL., March 05 /Covenant News Wire Service/ -- Attorneys for Bob and Mary Schindler have filed 17 affidavits in support of their motion asking Judge Greer to allow medical evaluations be performed on Terri in light of recent advances in medical technologies.

The affidavits are from neurologists, physicians and other experts in the medical field. They are urging that Terri be retested based on the fact that new evaluation and therapeutic technologies can significantly impact brain damaged and disabled persons. Many of them have stated that there is a strong likelihood that Terri is in a minimally conscious state.

More affidavits are expected to be filed next week in support of the Schindler's motion. As of this writing, the following have submitted affidavits:

Dr. Ralph Ankenman, MD
Dr. Pamela Hyikn, SLP
Dr. Beatrice Engstrand, MD
Dr. Jill Joyce, PhD
Dr. Alyse Eytan, MD
Dr. Philip Kennedy, MD, PhD
Dr. Harry Sawyer Goldsmith, MD
Dr. Kyle Lakas, MS, CCC, SLP
Dr. Jacob Green, MD
Dr. Richard Neubauer, MD, PA
Dr. Carolyn Heron, MD
Dr. Ricardo Senno, MD, MS, FAAPMR
Dr. David Hopper, PhD
Dr. Stanley Terman, MD, PhD
Dr. Lawrence Huntoon, MD
Dr. J. Michael Uszler, MD
Dr. Richard Weidman, MD

Please visit www.terrisfight.org to view these documents in their entirety in PDF format.


CONTACT:
The Terri Schindler-Schiavo Foundation
Pamela F. Hennessy
4615 Gulf Blvd - #104/103
St Petersburg Beach, FL 33706
727-445-1766
Website: www.terrisfight.org/
E-mail: phenn@zimp.org



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