"When many cures are offered for a disease, it means the disease is not curable" -Anton Chekhov
''Once you tell people there's a cure for something, the more likely they are to pressure doctors to prescribe it.'' -Robert Ehrlich, drug advertising executive.
"Opinions are like sphincters, everyone has one." - Chris Rangel
Nevada Malpractice Crisis Fallout: The closing of the Las Vegas trauma center is beginning to have consequences. The saddest observation was this one:
Allen said he's not concerned patients from Las Vegas will overburden the hospitals in Phoenix because most trauma patients will be too injured to survive the hour-long flight. For those that do make it, Good Samaritan has plenty of resources and physicians.
According to this, the malpractice premiums have gone up as high as $200,000 per year. The page also has links to stories that chronicle the crisis in Nevada.
posted by Sydney on
7/06/2002 07:35:00 AM
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