Sunday, December 2, 2007

IT IS BRAIN SURGERY

In the Nation Section of USA TODAY,it was reported that a Rhode Island hospital has been fined 50,000 and reprimanded by the Department of Health after it's third instance this year of a doctor performing brain surgery on the wrong side of a patients head.

"We are extremely concerned about this continuing pattern" Health Department Director David Gifoord said.The hospital issued a statement saying it was re-evaluating it's training policies,providing more oversight and giving nursing staff the power to ensure procedures are followed.

The most recent case was friday,when the chief resident started operating on the wrong side of an 82 year old patient's brain,Gifford said.The patient was o.k.,he said.


TSE "SPIN": ARE YOU KIDDING ME?JUST WHEN I THINK I HAVE HEARD IT ALL,WE GET A STORY ABOUT BRAIN SURGEONS NOT EVEN KNOWING WHAT SIDE OF A PATIENTS HEAD TO OPERATE ON!WOULDN'T THAT BE SOMETHING THEY WOULD TEACH YOU IN MEDICAL SCHOOL,I HOPE.MAYBE IF THEY PUT AS MUCH EFFORT INTO THEIR JOBS,AS THEY DO THEIR GOLF GAME,THINGS LIKE THIS WOULDN'T HAPPEN.THEN THERE IS THE "WE ARE EXTREMELY CONCERNED ABOUT THIS PATTERN" QUOTE FROM THE HOSPITAL BEAURACRATS THAT IS JUST FREAKIN PRICELSS.!I WOULD HOPE THEY WOULD BE "CONCERNED" AVOUT BRAIN SURGEONS NOT KNOWING THEIR RIGHT FROM THEIR LEFT.

PEACE AND LOVE FROM THE SPINNING EARTH

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