However, many skilled medical volunteers are turned away because community health centers cannot afford to cover their additional medical liability insurance.
They don’t like thinking in medical school. They memorize – that’s all they want you to do. You must not think.
I spent some time at White Memorial Medical Center as a senior medical student doing a rotation in surgery however, I felt I wasn’t getting enough time assisting.
Even top caliber hospitals cannot escape medical mistakes that sometimes result in irreparable damage to patients.
I would like to promote the concept of a partnership of insurance companies, physicians and hospitals in deploying a basic framework for an electronic medical records system that is affordable.
C-17s should be ready to go at various military bases around the world packed with water, food, medical supplies, sleeping bags and tents, all prepared to be air dropped in alongside soldiers and doctors to begin relief efforts.
I would like the Medical Society to be one of the resources for information about the influences that have an impact on our patients and our practices.
It has been suggested at various times that I should start an operation in the United Kingdom but – bearing in mind my age and medical history – I think this would be not a very sensible way to go forward.