Parents' fury as teenage daughter dies just days after doctors sent her home and 'told her to

Daily Mail ^ | 21st July 2010

[calex59]

One of the best(if not the best)cardiologist I have had, had the bedside manner of a certified a**hole but he kept me alive and allowed me to live a comfortable, normal life. Drs I had before him weren’t that good. The one I have now(the a**hole quit medicine for health reasons)I keep in line by telling him what the other guy said(they were colleagues) and it works.:) Personality isn’t always conducive to being a good doctor.

[Mr Rogers]

I’m probably oversensitive. My wife works as an RN...every night she sees patients getting admitted for 3-5 days and a large battery of tests, all paid for by the Arizona taxpayer.

Stomach ache? Paid for by Arizona? Expect 5 days in the hospital, exploratory surgery, multiple tests - all to ensure the patient gets proper care, of course.

Patients with private insurance don’t get approved for that sort of thing.

[longtermmemmory]

the girl died.

the socialized medical system worked EXACTLY as designed.

[RJL]

I read another article at the Daily Mail today about new success with knee replacements, it sounds very good, but... one of the comments was a fellow who had an operation on his knee cartilage that left him in continuing "excruciating" pain. Under Britain's National Health Service "NHS", he says it will be seven years before he can be considered for a knee replacement.

This is what Obama and his medical rationing czar are bringing to America.

[cammie]

Wow, how Christian of you.

[jocon307]

“FWIW, glandular fever is the British name for mononucleosis.”

Thanks, I was wondering about that

[Scotswife]

well - it was free, and they did give her pills.

[Popman]

I concur. Always, always, always get a second opinion if your gut says something isn't right.

More than once my doctor said you have "X" take this pill and see me in a week if you don't get better.

Damn near died several years ago after getting some digestitional problem where I was passing blood by the buckets and could not even hold down glass of water. My doctor (who no longer is my doctor) told me I had a large intestine ulcer and to modify my diet and it would clear up.

After a week, I checked myself into a hospital because I was so weak I could barely get out of bed to crawl to the bathroom anymore

Turned out I had some nasty bacterial infection which was tearing up my guts. Lost almost 25 pounds in two weeks.

[Reeses]

Oh, and atheist helps too - i don’t want my Doctor thinking, “well, she’s going to a better place.” I want my doctor thinking that this IS the best place. :-)

Atheist doctors have only the numbers to believe in. If there's only a 1% chance of survival they are inclined to pull the plug.