Taking Back Medicine
I am currently trying to decide how this blog moves forward - and if continuing to publish here is the best way to move forward. A few long-standing posts (detailing my adventures with corporate medicine as a medical whistleblower abandoned by the Federal government) have been archived for now. Others remain.For instance, I like to remember how idealistic I once was. Last year, I lent a lot of support to my local County Commissioners ' plan to " save " my (bankrupt) hometown hospital (Randolph Hospital in Asheboro, N.C.) - never mind all their executives did to destroy me - a long time ago - after a stint in state/Federal service - answering a terrified charge nurse ' s call to save a newborn ' s life.The greedy SOBs running that place dared called me a liar. They ultimately had to RUN.More than anyone, anywhere, I had the right to want to see Randolph ' s doors padlocked shut. My reasoning in not giving in to that visceral feeling was that the people of Asheboro deserved a hospital - even if the hospital did not deserve to be rescued. The jury is still out on that rescue. I don ' t like everything I ' ve been hearing (through the community grapevine). But it ' s a work in progress. There were not any other options.Younger doctors are starting to wake up tothe dangers of corporate/private equity medicine in larger numbers (they ' re late to the party - as nurses showed up first). The young guns are slowly arising f...
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