Massachusetts General Hospital Urged to Stop Killing Sheep
source: http://www.pcrm.org/newsletter/nov09/mass_hospital.html
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It’s one of the last facilities in the country still using animals in Advanced Trauma Life Support courses. But in an October demonstration, more than 50 Boston-area residents, PCRM physicians, and even a few Massachusetts General Hospital employees let the hospital know that it can’t continue to kill sheep. During the event, PCRM also delivered a petition signed by more than 9,000 people who want the hospital to use superior nonanimal training methods.
Outside of Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH), demonstrators carried a banner reading, “MGH: Training Doctors or Teaching Cruelty?” Advanced Trauma Life Support (ATLS) training at MGH involves cutting into live, anesthetized sheep and practicing procedures such as inserting a tube and needle into the animals’ chest cavities and cutting into their throats. After the training session, the animals are killed. The animals are also subjected to the trauma of confinement, shipping, and preparation for surgery.
At the demonstration, attended by the local ABC affiliate and The Boston Globe, doctors also delivered a letter signed by Boston-area physicians to MGH president Peter Slavin, M.D., urging a move to nonanimal methods.
Outside of Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH), demonstrators carried a banner reading, “MGH: Training Doctors or Teaching Cruelty?” Advanced Trauma Life Support (ATLS) training at MGH involves cutting into live, anesthetized sheep and practicing procedures such as inserting a tube and needle into the animals’ chest cavities and cutting into their throats. After the training session, the animals are killed. The animals are also subjected to the trauma of confinement, shipping, and preparation for surgery.
At the demonstration, attended by the local ABC affiliate and The Boston Globe, doctors also delivered a letter signed by Boston-area physicians to MGH president Peter Slavin, M.D., urging a move to nonanimal methods.
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