Fed up with the high cost of malpractice insurance, a
number of American surgeons actually went on strike last week.
I sympathize with their strike. Surgeons have as much right
to be fed up with working conditions as teachers, air traffic controllers,
police officers, fire-fighters , garbage collectors.
The long range solution for their problem is literally to go
out of BUSINESS ! A national health care plan will make outrageous
malpractice suits a nightmare of the pass. Health care will be
recognized as a universal right. But since doctors are only human, the
more rational health care system will simply deal humanely with their
tragic mistakes. Is it right to rob a whole hospital of millions of
dollars to compensate a few unfortunate victims of malpractice ?
Poor cancer patients will be completely neglected
because a rich lady's cosmetic surgery left her hideous ?
Doctors must again see themselves as PROFESSIONALS -not
business partners in the health industry.
Where have you gone Ben Casey, Dr. Kildare, Marcus Welby ?
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