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  • From: EarthNSky <erthnsky AT gmail.com>
  • To: homestead AT lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: Re: [Homestead] Thunder God Vine and RA
  • Date: Fri, 01 Oct 2010 01:47:09 -0400



On 10/1/2010 12:19 AM, Lynda wrote:

Now, on to Son #3. He was referred to the big hospital in the big city by
the local clinic. The hospital asst. CEO himself called me back later to
say "well, you know that an x-ray won't show glass." O.K., so then WHY was
an x-ray ordered to locate glass? Or do you consider that to be "highly
skilled and competent"?
Playing devil's advocate..
Well, the glass could have chipped off bone...and he could have been looking for other foreign matter, like sticks or wood splinters, that could have also impacted the area. (but I agree the doc sounds like a real dolt.)

It does sound like you got a raw deal within the establishment....very frustrating.
I went back and reread Ray's post. He gave his experience as different than yours, then made a general comment about one of the problems of health care. He wrote
"The problem is the freeloading on the system, the weight placed on it by people who have lived unhealthy lifestyles,expecting now that consequences are upon them, to be freed of them, and a sue happy society."
I agree with Ray and think that because of the freeloading, patients using the ER as a doctor's office, and patients who have their lawyers number on speed dial, etc., that the doctors are actually running scared and playing CYA so much that they would rather pass the buck(in your case, sending him to a different hospital, who in turn referred him to a idiot, etc...) playing hot potato with patients because they don't want the responsibility and/or they are too overwhelmed with indigent care, or too afraid of a lawsuit, etc. Neurologists get sued all the time...

Sad state of affairs...

Bev

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