X-Message-Number: 21521 From: "b.waugh" <> References: <> Subject: Toronto Local Response Group Meeting Date: Mon, 31 Mar 2003 22:49:42 -0500 The most recent Toronto group meeting was held March 29. The group benefits greatly from Christine Gaspar's knowledge of hospital procedures. For example, she has recommended a notice to call our cryonics provider be affixed to our health cards, since health cards are the one thing a hospital will look at right away! Christine is making an effort to educate hospital personnel about cryonics, and is preparing a pamphlet for them. I am preparing a precedent power of attorney for health (sometimes called a living will) that will instruct the designated "attorney" to maintain life support until a cryonics team is in place and the team leader directs life support to end. We have identified a co-operative funeral director and a co-operative doctor. We are identifying medical equipment, accessories and meds and have already obtained much of our needs. Ben Best has documented much of this on his website: http://www.benbest.com/cryonics/localres.html . Gary Tripp intends on attending Alcor's next standby training course. I will look into cryonics-related Canadian-U.S. border issues. We have a list of roles and future steps, which will be followed up at our next meeting in June. Questions can be directed to me at Bruce Waugh Rate This Message: http://www.cryonet.org/cgi-bin/rate.cgi?msg=21521