Schiavo, Doctor Says Recovery Possible

Dr. Bill Hammesfahr was interviewed on Hannity & Colmes, Foxnews Channel. Per the interview Dr. Hammesfahr was nominated for the Noble Prize in 1999 for work with people with cases like Terri Shiavo's. The following is a cut&paste from the transcript online (Foxnews.com); **************
HAMMESFAHR: I spent about 10 hours with Terri across three separate occasions, and I spent a lot of time with videotapes, the medical record which is in boxes and boxes and boxes. for about a year. And of course, you know, I spending time interviewing the family and people who actually have seen her. So I've spent a lot of time with her.

HANNITY: Do you believe she is aware, conscious and responsive?
HAMMESFAHR: Terri is completely aware and conscious and responsive. She is like a child with cerebral palsy. We have kids in the Pinellas County school system every day that are much worse than her, that we're educating....

HAMMESFAHR: I was not paid. Now, if you look at the people who are on Terri's side and stepped forward, at last count, two weeks ago, 33 M.D.s, brain injury specialists from around the country, places like UCLA, Tulane, LSU, Boston University --Thirty-three physicians has stepped forward to say that this person can be rehabilitated. She's not in PVS, not in a coma. And the -- Judge Greer ignored this.

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Dr. Hammesfahr then questions the credibility of Dr. Cransford, another doctor who has been outspoken about Terri's case. He has been supportive of keeping the feeding tube out per the Florida Judge's decision;

HAMMESFAHR: Well, I think you need to go and look at the videotape of Dr. Cranford. Dr. Cranford's videotape compliments Terri on following commands. At one point he moves a balloon around in front of her and he again compliments that she is able to see it that she can follow commands.