Paramedic Heretic's Thoughts for Today
A few random points for you to ponder today: Healthcare doesn’t create health. At it’s best, it nudges us back to proper function. It...
England's Worst Serial Killer? A Drug-addicted Doctor Allowed to Keep Right on Treating Patients
One of the ugliest realities of modern healthcare is that criminal physicians are - far too often - fawned over and coddled, prayed to...
Freaky Doctors and Their Dead Wives . . .
In the city of Cayce South Carolina, a physician was arrested last Thursday in the shooting death of a Columbia pharmaceutical salesman....
Opinion: It's Time to Ban Drug Company Doctor Kickbacks
Dear Mr. McDonald - The Palm Beach Post recent series, “Pay to Prescribe? The Fentanyl Scandal,” (April 4) sheds a welcome light on one...
California Doctor on Trial Performs CPR on Dying Juror at the Courthouse
In Alameda County Superior Court on March 28 a man involved in the jury selection process collapsed in the corridor during a morning...
Clinical Cooties Kill 100 People a Day. When's the Last Time Your Local Hospital's Nifty Web
So which nifty little item commonly used in healthcare is most likely to carry nasty boogies from one sick patient to another? Trust us:...
Paramedic Observation 101: Healthcare's 2% Lunatic Fringe. It Ain't Pretty
What can happen when a cell phone is accidentally left on "record" during an out-patient surgery? Well, you be the judge: Over the course...
