re: DEI? Multiple patients at a Nashville hospital are paralyzed after staff accidentally

I think that's all on the anesthesiolgist.

They are the only people in the room injecting anything into the patient I believe.

This is going to get worse and worse as time goes by. It's already become more like Canada and Europe, with long waits for appointments. As more people with shitty or fake educations and foreign origins get cycled into the system, it will become a massive clown show.

It's a shitty time to be getting old.

They don’t wanna work, they just wanna dance.

Frightening.

People gonna get paid millions.

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They don't seem to be the ones getting the jobs. It's more and more discount jeets every year.

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They hire their own too.

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Indians start their “professional” education in primary school. They then can be awarded their MD or DDS in a 2 year program at NYU, where Americans have 4 years of undergrad and 4 years of medical/dental school to attend, with medical doctors often requiring post doctoral residencies for GP practice. Add 2-4 more years for specialists!
Indians skip college and half of med school!

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Ascension Saint Thomas today announced that Fahad Tahir, the system's chief strategy officer and former president and CEO of Ascension Saint Thomas Hospital Midtown and West campuses, will replace Tim Adams as president

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https://about.ascension.org/news/2023/01/ascension-saint-thomas-announces-new-president-and-ceo

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Accidents happen but 4 times in a row? Heads need to roll.

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A chain is only as strong as its weakest link. I'm sure if you go back in time, you'd find a similar case, but safety protocols were put in place to prevent it from happening again. But... supply shortages happen. Necessity becomes a mother-fricker, and eventually "emergency" exceptions to policy happen. Then eventually the new policy becomes the default and the same problem is bound to happen again.

Complacency kills. Trying to save a buck at the expense of safety also kills. I suspect it was a combination of the two. Complacency and Greed that enabled and sustained bad policies.

Edit: I've seen this same thing happen in aircraft maintenance. People "get away" with taking shortcuts for a long time and begin to believe that the standard is unnecessary. Crew chiefs agree and the mandatory policies are ignored/unpoliced. Then, a plane crashes and everyone is scratching their heads wondering, "How could this happen."

Laziness, complacency, greed.

If it was just one incident with one patient... maybe I could get on board the overworked and understaffed theory. But multiple patients.. that seems like incompetence on multiple levels.

My first experience at Bumrungrad was for one of their executive mega-physicals back in December. 6 hours, all in one shot, one appointment. Bloodwork, urinalysis, complete abdominal scan, cancer markers for various cancers, liver, kidney, and thyroid function tests, stress test and followup with the cardiologist, eye exam and consult with the eye doctor. Then a final consult with the generalist at the end to go over all results. Same day.

I saw at least three doctors...the generalist, the cardiologist, the eye doctor. Technician who administered the stress test, technician who performed the ultrasound on my abdomen, and assorted nurses.

My appointment was at 10:00 AM...and they got me in at 10:00. They moved me seamlessly from one station to the next, with a wait of no more than 3 minutes in between. When I finished the stress test, the cardiologist came in the room about 60 seconds after it was finished.

There was a 25 minute wait to see the generalist at the end of the day. That's when they pointed me toward the buffet spread (included) catered by JW Marriott.

Total cost if I'd had no insurance: $950.

By the way...I got an answer for the steady uphill climb of my PSA for the last 14 years. My Murfreesboro GP and my urologist always pushed me to have another biopsy. After 3 biopsies, the most recent in 2023, I said look, I obviously don't have cancer, so why does my PSA keep climbing? They had no answer. Seems to me that they want to keep pushing biospies because they generate revenue..in spite of the nasty side effects and risks of infection. Anyway, the Thai doctor is going over my results, and he gets to the PSA. I tell him the whole history and how doctors in Nashville had no answer. He says, "well, here's why your PSA is high. Your prostate is 59 grams, and the average for a man your age is 35-40." Tennessee doctors couldn't tell me that?

Just another reason why I'll always go back to Bangkok. I'm not letting a Nashville or Murfreesboro doctor touch me.

Depending on your insurance plan, it may be more cost effective for many Americans to do the same thing.

Why can't we have nice things?