Healthcare

[Buster]

So much for Social Medicine....

Canada boy, treated in U.S. after hospital refuses...​

A 20-month-old Canadian boy with an incurable neurological disorder whose life was extended in the United States after a Canadian hospital declined further treatment...

http://ca.reuters.com/article/domesticNews/idCATRE78R64X20110928

 

[tsptalk]

Re: New rates for Health Care Plans out today

Are you two going to bring up the healthcare debate again? Sigh!

 

[tsptalk]

Re: New rates for Health Care Plans out today

That will work. I wouldn't mind the HC debate so much except that we know how it ends. How many good members did we lose with those political discussions, not to mention the hard feelings that still persist between some still here?

 

[Buster]

Ok...just one last thing though...on the lighthearted side.

Buster has a new "signature" that says "Wear the Fox Hat".

Wasn't sure what that was so I did an internet search to try to find out...and here's what I found.

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You obviously wear a tinfoil hat too..better check to see if you have mental illness coverage also..you obviously will be needing it.

 

[burrocrat]

I hear they have the healthcare thing figured out in the Nordic countries. But they could use some advice on how to properly wear hats.

 

[James48843]

Leigh's disease is an extremely rare disorder. There is currently no cure or effective treatment. A high-fat, low-carbohydrate diet may be recommended. Adults may have puffiness or swelling of the eye area and the hands. It is currently treated with thiamin (vitamin B[SUB]1[/SUB]), but even with treatment, infants rarely live longer than two or three years after the onset of the disease. In cases of older people, the disease takes longer, but is still almost always fatal.

The child had Leigh's disease. There is absolutely no evidence that the boy's treatment in the United States prolonged his life one minute. In fact, I would argue that the U.S. hospital treatment- giving the boy a tracheotomy and sending him home, may have accelerated the boy's death by introducing the risk of infection.

By the way Buster- what was the cause of death? Was it infection from the tracheotomy? Did the U.S. hospital treatment kill him? Like the tracheotomy complications that killed the boy's sister in 2002?
http://www.cnn.com/2011/09/28/health/baby-joseph/?hpt=he_c2

Jut wondering...

 

[Viva_La_Migra]

The child had Leigh's disease. There is absolutely no evidence that the boy's treatment in the United States prolonged his life one minute. In fact, I would argue that the U.S. hospital treatment- giving the boy a tracheotomy and sending him home, may have accelerated the boy's death by introducing the risk of infection.

By the way Buster- what was the cause of death? Was it infection from the tracheotomy? Did the U.S. hospital treatment kill him? Like the tracheotomy complications that killed the boy's sister in 2002?
http://www.cnn.com/2011/09/28/health/baby-joseph/?hpt=he_c2

Jut wondering...

Well Doctor Jim, go do an autopsy and report your findings. While you're at it, look into your crystal ball and ask your spirit guide for the answer.

 

[Buster]

Well Doctor Jim, go do an autopsy and report your findings. While you're at it, look into your crystal ball and ask your spirit guide for the answer.

Better yet..why don't you and your Hugo loving buddy move to Canada (permanently), and quit trying to bankrupt the US with your socialist ideals.

 

[SteelSaving]

The child had Leigh's disease. There is absolutely no evidence that the boy's treatment in the United States prolonged his life one minute. In fact, I would argue that the U.S. hospital treatment- giving the boy a tracheotomy and sending him home, may have accelerated the boy's death by introducing the risk of infection.

By the way Buster- what was the cause of death? Was it infection from the tracheotomy? Did the U.S. hospital treatment kill him? Like the tracheotomy complications that killed the boy's sister in 2002?
http://www.cnn.com/2011/09/28/health/baby-joseph/?hpt=he_c2

Jut wondering...

Couldn't you bring that up with any disease? Illness? Injury? Entering a hospital alone drives up your risk of getting ill due to exposure. Should we not give anyone surgery because it could risk giving them an infection?