Drugs are admittedly an issue but by far the most obvious problem that I've seen are problems of sanitation and mass production in hospitals. We have two very seriously ill people in our community and they have survived through the "miracles of modern medicine" but what saved their lives was in one case the Mother who went to the hospital daily and cleaned the room to keep down the staph infections that would have killed her son and almost did in another hospital. (he has no kidneys). The other was a daughter who fought the medical personnel on a daily basis when they on several occasions put "do not resucitate" orders on her Mother without her knowledge. She too cleaned the room and kept her mother alive by sheer will and the willingness to give up her own career and literally serve her parent. The Mother in the first case still works but the whole family cares for the son.
Without these support systems too many people simply fall through the cracks. I love our local socialist medical hospital (the VA) but you have to stay alert or you will suffer the same problems. I am convinced that many of the issues that kill people in the hospitals that are so much on the news have to do with dirty rooms and poor sanitation. Frankly it is disgusting in the hospitals here. But that is private enterprise. Medicine is a business NOT a profession. Now that IS sick. While you are spreading out your drug testing period who will pay for that? Under this system that is simply not an option. best, Ray Evans Harrell ----- Original Message ----- From: "William B Ward" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, September 23, 2002 4:58 PM Subject: Re: No more slanging ( was Re: dumping GM food on Africa) > A slower approval process. It was speeded up considerably during the > Clinton era and has continued since. There have been a number of dramatic > drug products that have been pulled off the market after being approved > since there were major side effects [i.e., mortality]. Whow as it that > said that MDs were the 3rd cause of death [not them but the process]? > > http://skepdic.com/comments/dheacom.html > http://www.mercola.com/2000/jul/30/doctors_death.htm > > > Bill > > On Mon, 23 Sep 2002 16:42:46 -0400 "Ray Evans Harrell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > writes: > > So what are you suggesting instead? > > > > Ray Evans Harrell > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "William B Ward" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Sent: Monday, September 23, 2002 2:28 PM > > Subject: Re: No more slanging ( was Re: dumping GM food on Africa) > > > > > > > Harry, > > > > > > The awards in liability insurance rarely add up to the cost to > > Society > > > [maybe Johns Mansville and a subsidiary of Dow/Corning but they > > are still > > > around. > > > > > > Bill Ward > > > > > > On Mon, 23 Sep 2002 08:44:02 -0700 Harry Pollard > > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > > > > > People are responsible for any harm they cause, and I agree with > > > > > > you, it should be world-wide. > > > > > > ________________________________________________________________ > > > GET INTERNET ACCESS FROM JUNO! > > > Juno offers FREE or PREMIUM Internet access for less! > > > Join Juno today! For your FREE software, visit: > > > http://dl.www.juno.com/get/web/. > > > > > > > > ________________________________________________________________ > GET INTERNET ACCESS FROM JUNO! > Juno offers FREE or PREMIUM Internet access for less! > Join Juno today! For your FREE software, visit: > http://dl.www.juno.com/get/web/.
