Bill Frist, M.D. (3/17/05):

…that footage, to me, depicts something very different than persistent vegetative state.

Bill Frist, M.D. (3/17/05)

“I question it based on a review of the video footage which I spent an hour or so looking at last night in my office. “She certainly seems to respond to visual stimuli.”

Bill Frist, M.D. (1/29/06):

“I didn’t make the diagnosis. I raised the question of whether or not she was in a persistent vegetative state.”