tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32053362.post2624786759827467378..comments2024-03-26T00:25:34.026-04:00Comments on Not Running a Hospital: On AA#109Paul Levyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17065446378970179507noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32053362.post-72174268597247905852010-10-15T21:08:42.842-04:002010-10-15T21:08:42.842-04:00The NHS in the UK needs serious help. I read the T...The NHS in the UK needs serious help. I read the Telegraph (Times is no longer free) and there are regular reports that their failures kill people. An example is the number of infant deaths from heart surgeries that finally led to closing the practice in a number of hospitals.<br /><br /><br />I also saw some recent articles where the were congratulating themselves on how many lives would be saved now that they are doing fecal occult blood tests and have even gotten to the point of evaluating use flexible sigmoidoscopy for screening high risk persons for colon cancer. If you have a subscription to the Journal of Medical History (if there is such a thing) you can probably read about their next great medical breakthrough before it happens.Engneer on Medicarenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32053362.post-38425417469230589662010-10-15T17:54:14.645-04:002010-10-15T17:54:14.645-04:00I think it is very sad that I read this post early...I think it is very sad that I read this post early this morning and predicted to myself that someone would write in and snipe about where Paul sat on the airplane. Thank you, people, for fulfilling my poor expectations.<br /><br />I have read this blog for over 3 years now and, while sometimes vociferously disagreeing with Paul on the issues, over that time I have been made aware, from comments by employees and others, of many contributions to charity that he has made - not that any such defense is necessary. I wonder why such small-minded people would bother to read such a blog, unless they had an ulterior agenda to pursue? Please go away and let the rest of us discuss issues civilly; we do not find these comments instructive.<br /><br />nonlocal MDAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32053362.post-43832784701465696762010-10-15T16:22:54.911-04:002010-10-15T16:22:54.911-04:00I think it is reasonable to accept an offer to fly...I think it is reasonable to accept an offer to fly business class when you are 6'4" and are in airplanes for over 12 hours across two days to be of service to NHS hospitals in the UK.<br /><br />BTW, how much I give to charity is a private matter. I don't write about that here or elsewhere.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32053362.post-77557002936691044342010-10-15T16:13:36.816-04:002010-10-15T16:13:36.816-04:00I would have been more impressed with a post that ...I would have been more impressed with a post that said you traded in your business class ticket for a regular ticket and donated the savings to your favorite charity.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32053362.post-77025629887145467662010-10-15T13:06:30.543-04:002010-10-15T13:06:30.543-04:00If this was buisness class, I don't want to kn...If this was buisness class, I don't want to know what first class has!<br /><br />BillAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32053362.post-89482835786853833272010-10-15T11:40:43.156-04:002010-10-15T11:40:43.156-04:00I can see you now,shooting photos of these items i...I can see you now,shooting photos of these items in your business class seat, Paul. <br /><br />We share a similar interest in that I am always checking to see where good come from or manufactured and ask the same questions you did. It really bugs me that you can't find a pair of Levi's made in the USA anymore. <br /><br />Please don't allow any outsourcing of jobs from BIDMC.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32053362.post-54276087321652653032010-10-15T10:56:14.148-04:002010-10-15T10:56:14.148-04:00Business class. It was not paid by my hospital. ...Business class. It was not paid by my hospital. I was invited to speak at a conference and traveled to and fro to London within about 36 hours.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32053362.post-7885296508571033712010-10-15T10:26:59.768-04:002010-10-15T10:26:59.768-04:00Sounds like someone was flying first class.... Chi...Sounds like someone was flying first class.... Chinese napkins, Italian dressing and vanity kits? Never understood why non profit management had these types of perks that cost so much more than what the rest of us experience.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32053362.post-75288745674241796782010-10-15T10:24:42.977-04:002010-10-15T10:24:42.977-04:00Politics aside, you have hit on one of the most im...Politics aside, you have hit on one of the most important considerations for the future of our country. If we, as a country, do not find ways to promote our own manufacturing and our own entrepreneurship, our greatness will be lost forever.Judynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32053362.post-24353131467418533642010-10-15T05:40:14.933-04:002010-10-15T05:40:14.933-04:00I'm no safety nut, but the toothpaste has a sc...I'm no safety nut, but the toothpaste has a scary unregulated history!lynnienoreply@blogger.com