This letter was written by Ron Panzer for the August 21, 2006 edition of the
Hospice Patients Alliance newsletter

Note: Carla Sauer Iyer, RN was targeted for revocation of her nursing
license, basically destroying her ability to earn a living as a nurse.
A hearing was held and finally, the case/complaint was dismissed. YET,
she still needs our help to pay for the attorneys she had to hire to
defend her case. I urge you to please send her anything you can: $5
$10 or more. She is an example of a nurse who has stood up for life and
paid a price. - Ron Panzer, Pres., HPA


http://www.bradenton.com/mld/bradenton/15305666.htm

Nurse won't lose license for discussing Schiavo case on TV
Associated Press

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. - A registered nurse who discussed Terri Schiavo's
condition on television last year won't lose her license, a Florida
Board of Nursing panel ruled.

The Panel of Probable Cause, a two-member board, dismissed a complaint
Thursday against Carla Sauer-Iyer, 42, of Plant City.

She had raised concerns in a CNN interview about the brain-damaged
woman's welfare at the Largo convalescent center where she treated
Schiavo in the 1990s and in two legal depositions. The March 2005
interview came during the last rounds of legal battles before Schiavo
died after her feeding tube was removed.

A lawyer representing the Department of Health said rules requiring
nurses not to disclose patient information also require them to report
"apparent neglect and abuse" of patients.

"The obligation to protect the patient must prevail," said Assistant
General Counsel Kathryn Price told the panel and recommended it reverse
its previous vote which found probable cause to act against the nurse.

In May, the Health Department filed an administrative complaint against
Sauer-Iyer for disclosing confidential information about Schiavo, who
doctors said was in a persistent vegetative state. The Health Department
changed its position after Gov. Jeb Bush's office sided with Sauer-Iyer.

She became an ally of Bob and Mary Schindler, Schiavo's parents. They
battled their daughter's husband, Michael Schiavo, over the removal of
the feeding tube.

Michael Schiavo said the nursing panel was merely responding to pressure
from the governor.

"When the governor, who commanded the Department of Health, tells his
people to get this case dismissed, it's going to be dismissed," he said.

Sauer-Iyer said justice was served.

"I would do it again under personal risk," she said.

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