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To: Eric who wrote (15120)	12/12/2009 6:41:27 PM
From: longnshort	Respond to of 86350

Why did that guy come here> Costa Rica is 36, hell Cuba islike 35,why didn't he stay in France ? French rocker in induced coma in Los Angeles Dec 12 09:01 AM US/Eastern By JEAN-PIERRE VERGES Associated Press Writer PARIS (AP) - French rock legend Johnny Hallyday had a botched medical operation in France and is now in a medically induced coma in a Los Angeles hospital as he recovers from surgery to fix the damage, his producer said. Hallyday, 66, is expected to recover, producer Jean-Claude Camus said. Separately, police in Paris on Saturday were investigating an alleged attack on Dr. Stephane Delajoux—the French surgeon who first operated on Hallyday—as he left a friend's home overnight, judicial officials said. Delajoux alleged that one masked man attacked him, while another stood by keeping watch, the officials said. The doctor was to go to hospital to have his facial bruises checked out on Saturday, they said. Hallyday, 66, is France's biggest rock star. He had an operation overnight Wednesday to Thursday at L.A.'s Cedars Sinai hospital to fix lingering back trouble from a Nov. 26 operation in Paris—led by Delajoux—for a herniated disc. Hallyday's press service said Thursday that lesions from the initial operation required more surgery, and that he had also suffered an infection following the first operation. Hallyday producer Jean-Claude Camus told France's TF1 television on Friday that Hallyday was put in a coma "so he won't suffer," and the outlook was positive. "The news is very positive, he's very strong," said the rocker's son David Hallyday, himself a singer, told France-Info radio as he arrived at the hospital late Friday. Camus, speaking Friday on French radio, said the American medical team treating Hallyday said the rocker had suffered ill-effects from the operation in France, and that infection "was attacking his bone marrow." "If what I'm being told in the United States is true, this operation was a massacre," he said on RTL radio. On France-Info, Camus said: "It seems the Americans fixed things that they found that were very badly done." Delajoux, through a statement from his lawyer Friday, said he was "outraged" by such allegations and insisted that his surgery had "taken place perfectly." Hallyday lawyer Virginie Lappe said the singer is not ruling out the possibility of legal action. As for the alleged attack on Delajoux, his lawyer Herve Temime criticized a "manhunt" against the doctor, though he stopped short of making any claim that the attack and the allegedly flawed surgery were connected. "Whether there's a link or not, the man hunt that he's faced over the last 24 to 48 hours has been despicable," Temime said on France-Info. Police officials said Delajoux alleged to have been tracked by paparazzi. Hallyday had been on a multi-city tour in France called "Route 66," a reference to his age and a homage to the American rock that has inspired his music. The tour is billed as his last. Beyond his music, Belgian-born Hallyday—whose real name is Jean-Philippe Smet—is best known for his glitz, amorous affairs, Harley-Davidson motorcycles and a Frenchness as absolute as Elvis Presley's Americanness.

To: Eric who wrote (15120)	12/12/2009 7:51:40 PM
From: Brumar89	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 86350

I'd realize Cuba beats the hell out of ys when it comes to health care, just like Michael Moore said, if I wasn't a hick who never left my front porch, is what you're saying. I work for an international company though I've never been to Cuba on business. Or any place I've had to have any exposure to their health care. My boss, however, came back to Houston from Calgary a little over a year ago BECAUSE of a serious back problem. The waiting time would have been 6 mos for the MRI in Canada - that is what he said. He had his surgery pretty promptly after he got back here and is better now. Hey, if you're so smart and worldly why are you falling for Michael Moore's crap?