skeeter@ccia.com
I understand what you are saying about the privacy act crap. In mid-December I had an old friend get very ill that another fellow and I had been helping. (We had been driving him to doctor appointments for his prostate cancer and going blind from macular degeneration). He became very ill and we took him to the emergency room. They had him transported to another hospital 150 miles away. When we called to check on his condition, it was a no go since we weren't relatives. Finally he told them the other fellow should contact his family and we could check on his condition after that. Poor guy died on the 14th of Dec. If he had not been able to communicate his wishes that last time, he would have died without anyone being able to know how bad he was. He had lapsed into a coma a few hours after asking to have his relatives notified and never regained conciousness. WARNING: carry some type of instructions in your billfold in case you can not communicate after an accident.
