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To: neolib who wrote (204904)	10/1/2006 5:41:16 PM
From: Lazarus_Long	Read Replies (1) of 281500

You like 3rd world medicine? You're welcome to it. I personally know of 2 instances where their docs would have killed me had I not had a high enough index of suspicion to have their recommendations checked. They were wrong- -my dead wrong had I followed their advice. In one instance, they gave my wife twice the recommended dose of cortisone for her size and weight. Apparently they have a problem converting between pounds and kilograms. Or rather, don't bother to. In another, a doc injected intramuscularly a drug that the manufacturer very specifically says should not be given that way- -it destroys muscle tissue if so administered. It should be injected intravenously. Like it? Go to it! Where were the first heart transplants done? S. Africa. By Barnard. And the recipient was dead 18 days later, wasn't he? And there was a race on to see who would be first, wasn't there? And the US was in the running. Oh. Even Christiaan Barnard went to the United States to develop his surgical skills before returning to South Africa. geocities.com than my local hospital is. Undoubtedly. Ever hear of Stanford? Texas Heart Institute? than my local hospital is. Sometimes you het what you pay for too. That is the point at which medical care is offshored, and also the point at which cost containment will start seriously working in the USA. I see. After screaming, yelling , and throwing a fir about offshoring on the US, now you want to promote it? Message 22794106 Message 22793807 Or are you Indian or South African? The results very clearly showed that centers of excellence often had 2:1 survival rates over hospitals where the procedure was performed rarely. DUH! Everyone is aware that the more often a surgeon or hospital performs a procedure, the better they are at it. It's not true just of medicine. Read up on "specialization".

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