Ethics

God Fails to Heal Pat Robertson

By Ed Brayton

Pat Robertson, who claims to have a direct line to God as He heals people on a daily basis, needed an actual human doctor to fix a heart problem:

Robertson underwent convergent procedure, which involves cauterizing the continually beating heart muscle with heat generated by a radio frequency. The procedure is less invasive than traditional heart surgery and uses four small openings to hasten recovering time.

During the surgery, doctors also discovered an abnormally enlarged left appendage on Robertson's heart. They believe the appendage, which was removed, was the cause of Robertson's atrial fibrillation.

Full post as published by Dispatches from the Culture Wars on September 02, 2009 (boomark / email).