X-Message-Number: 3242
Date: 11 Oct 94 15:36:11 EDT
From: Paul Wakfer <>
Subject: CRYONICS CryoSpan Patient Policy


     The following has been said here before and is detailed in the
CryoSpan booklet, but for those few on this list who are hard of hearing,
blind, dull-witted, innocently misunderstanding, or simply incapable of
being fair and truthful, I quote from that booklet:

     "CryoSpan is a for-profit company which offers long-term care for
cryonics patients who are under the legal control of other organizations."

and

     "CryoSpan does not deal directly with the general public. It operates
as a service provider for 'primary' organizations such as CryoCare or the
American Cryonics Society (ACS). These primary organizations pay CryoSpan's
fees and retain ultimate legal responsibility for the welfare of the
patients."

and

     "CryoSpan's first loyalty is to its patients. We are determined that
no patient should ever be lost due to lack of funding. Therefore, CryoSpan
only contracts with organizations whose minimum funding requirements
provide sufficient funds to pay for the long-term costs of cryonics care.
These funds must be in the form of an irrevocable trust which will generate
enough income (after inflation) to maintain the patient indefinitely, for
centuries if necessary."

     I don't wish to overload Cryonet by posting CryoSpan's contracts with
ACS and CryoCare, which contain the full legal requirements relating to the
above statements, but these contracts are available to the public. If
anyone should wish to have a copy, please send me email to that effect.
(The contracts are virtually identical, so ask for one or the other.)

Paul Wakfer
President, CryoSpan Inc.

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