Miep Gies Dies; Helped Hide Anne Frank's family

Miep Gies, who helped hide Anne Frank's family during World War II, died Monday January 11, 2009. She was a month shy of her 101st birtday.

According to Main Online, "Miep was Anne's confidante and the last of the handful of 'helpers' who enabled the Franks to hide for nearly two years before their capture. Her death is the final chapter in a tragic, but inspirational story."

The holocaust brought out among the worst that humanity has ever seen, along with some of the bravest people who ever lived.

To read more, please go to: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/debate/article-1242725/Painfully-shy-awesomely-brave-unknown-heroine-Anne-Franks-diary.html#ixzz0cRtiJaLE

Jackson (FL) Health System halts dialysis for poor patients

According to an article in today's Miami Herald, "Dozens of patients are facing a life-or-death situation after Jackson Health System stopped paying for treatment for their failing kidneys.

"The financially strapped Jackson Health System has stopped paying for dialysis treatments for 175 poor patients with failing kidneys -- a decision that experts say could be deadly."

The above article by John Dorschner and Juan Carlos Chavez, titled Jackson Health System halts dialysis for poor patients, may be found in today's Miami Herald. To read the article in its entirety, please go to: http://www.miamiherald.com/486/story/1413134.html .

Guess ethics and medicine no longer coexist.