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To: goldworldnet who wrote (700505)	9/7/2005 5:48:19 PM
From: GROUND ZERO™	Respond to of 769670

Absolutely, what if the patient needed immediate surgery, and there was only a physician trained in Havana with outdated books and antique tools taken from a 1953 2 door Chevy? This opens up a can of worms, no pun intended here, the liability issue is foremost on any physician's mind in any hospital or clinic today, so who will eat the malpractice that could very easily come from this? The subsequent infection itself and later amputations could well be far worse that the initial presenting medical problem, and if these doctors treat thousands of patients, then we'll have certainly taken ourselves back to a third world medical state of affairs... I imagine each patient would have to sign a medical release of liability form, but it then becomes a jungle of paperwork, and would waivers and agreements signed by desperate and ill people hold up in court? I doubt it... GZ

To: goldworldnet who wrote (700505)	9/7/2005 7:14:50 PM
From: DuckTapeSunroof	Respond to of 769670

What would car manufacturing companies be like if they were run like giant international drug companies? That question is answered in a hilarious recent column written by Mike Adams, an alternative healthcare columnist. Here are a few of Mike's observations: * A typical car might cost more than $4 million - that's a 30,000 percent markup over cost * The same car would cost around $5,000 in Canada * Car companies would lobby Congress to promote the regulation (or outright ban) of alternative forms of transportation such as bicycles and air travel * It would be illegal to buy or sell foreign-made cars inside the U.S. * Car companies would conduct their own safety tests and, whenever possible, would keep negative results secret Mike lists a total of 15 ways car companies would be different if they were run like drug companies, and the list is definitely worth a read: newstarget.com/009844.html