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Sacramento, Calif., May 27, 2021 / 11:05 am (CNA).
The California Catholic Conference is urging the faithful to speak out against a proposed state law that would remove several safeguards on assisted suicide, a practice which h.
Oregon lawmakers contemplate new rules for health care mergers May 19 2021
A Lake Oswego lawmaker wants the country s most sweeping health care merger oversight. Hospitals say it goes too far.
Lawmakers are considering a bill that would give Oregon the most sweeping state oversight of health care mergers in the country.
But while supporters say House Bill 2362 would counter increased costs and curbs on care, opponents say it goes too far.
The system contemplated by chief sponsor Rep. Andrea Salinas, D-Lake Oswego, is drawing support from pro-abortion and death-with-dignity groups as a response to one slice of the merger trend: the rapid growth of health care entities affiliated with the Catholic Church, which restrict care for women and transgender people.
BUCKHANNON – More than 100 years ago, four Pallottine Missionary Sisters departed Germany on a journey to America. After narrowly avoiding tragedy – they initially booked passage on the Titanic before delaying their trip – the four women eventually found a home in the small Appalachian town of Buckhannon, West Virginia, where they purchased a private residence and converted it into a small, eight-bed hospital.
Thus were the humble beginnings of St. Joseph’s Hospital in 1921.
A century later, the legacy of those founding Sisters endures, with Sister Francesca Lowis determined to carry on the Pallottine Missionary Sisters’ mission of providing quality healthcare in under-served, north-central West Virginia.
THOMAS D. ELIAS
On some levels, itâs sensible for the University of Californiaâs health system, including famed hospitals like UCLA, UC San Francisco and UC San Diego, to link with the Dignity Health group of hospitals and clinics often located in much more isolated and rural locations.
While UC hospitals generally operate in major cities and urban counties, Dignityâs 67 California hospitals and urgent care centers serve both urban and suburban locales including San Jose and Glendale. They also span places as disparate as Mt. Shasta, Santa Cruz and the Inland Empire.
Dignityâs current two-year-old arrangement with UC Health can provide care much closer to home for some patients affiliated with the state-owned hospitals.
Q. At my death, I would like to donate my body to the local medical school for their continued research and training of students. Is this allowed in the Catholic Church? (Kailua, Hawaii)
A. Yes, it is allowed but with certain cautions. The Catholic Church teaches that it is permissible and even laudable to donate one s body to scientific research after death. The intent is to enable others to live longer if any viable organs can be used or to provide the material for research that might prevent disease in the future.
In October 2014, Pope Francis met with the Transplantation Committee for the Council of Europe and called the act of organ donation a testimony of love for our neighbor. That same perspective is reflected in the U.S. Catholic bishops Ethical and Religious Directives for Catholic Health Care Services: