Comments on: That’s gratitude http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2006/06/thats-gratitude.html Tue, 14 Feb 2012 11:46:00 +0000 hourly 1 By: Anonymoushttp://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2006/06/thats-gratitude.html#comment-64485 Anonymous Wed, 28 Jun 2006 21:42:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2006/06/thats-gratitude.html#comment-64485 I'm a new intern--my hospital's corporate policy prevents me from accepting any gift that I can not share with the staff--cookies and chocolates apparently. No monetary gifts at all with any entity that has a business relationship with the hospital (patients). <br/><br/>Oddly, it also prevents me from taking anything from vendors (drug co's) doing business with the hospital worth more than $100, but I can go out to dinner, go to a sports event, as long as its for business and it's not going to change my mind about that vendor. <br/><br/>This is the policy--Delta's lawyers may simply be taking the safest route legally. I think the policy is pretty myopic, though. I’m a new intern–my hospital’s corporate policy prevents me from accepting any gift that I can not share with the staff–cookies and chocolates apparently. No monetary gifts at all with any entity that has a business relationship with the hospital (patients).

Oddly, it also prevents me from taking anything from vendors (drug co’s) doing business with the hospital worth more than $100, but I can go out to dinner, go to a sports event, as long as its for business and it’s not going to change my mind about that vendor.

This is the policy–Delta’s lawyers may simply be taking the safest route legally. I think the policy is pretty myopic, though.

]]> By: NoAcuteDistresshttp://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2006/06/thats-gratitude.html#comment-64482 NoAcuteDistress Wed, 28 Jun 2006 20:16:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2006/06/thats-gratitude.html#comment-64482 Hey, this doc shouldn't complain. I had to babysit a guy in full blown tonic-clonic seizures on a domestic flight. I didn't get to sit with my wife read a book or watch the (customarily lousy) movie. I spent the whole time DOCUMENTING the progress of this patient as he came to in the post-ictal state, jotting down a blow by blow on one of the napkins-which I saved for about two year in case I got sued for substandard care. Oh, did I mention the guy puked on me too?<br/><br/>The pilot was a gentleman and came up to me afterwards to personally thank me. The airline itself couldn't be bothered to send me a bag of peanuts. Hey, this doc shouldn’t complain. I had to babysit a guy in full blown tonic-clonic seizures on a domestic flight. I didn’t get to sit with my wife read a book or watch the (customarily lousy) movie. I spent the whole time DOCUMENTING the progress of this patient as he came to in the post-ictal state, jotting down a blow by blow on one of the napkins-which I saved for about two year in case I got sued for substandard care. Oh, did I mention the guy puked on me too?

The pilot was a gentleman and came up to me afterwards to personally thank me. The airline itself couldn’t be bothered to send me a bag of peanuts.

]]> By: Anonymoushttp://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2006/06/thats-gratitude.html#comment-64475 Anonymous Wed, 28 Jun 2006 18:18:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2006/06/thats-gratitude.html#comment-64475 Just another example of why I fly Southwest or Jetblue exclusively. The other airlines have long ago forgotten the passenger. The only time I fly the other crappy US airlines is if Jetblue/Southwest doesn't go there. They wonder why they are in/going bankrupt while the above airlines turn a profit. The answer should be obvious. Just another example of why I fly Southwest or Jetblue exclusively. The other airlines have long ago forgotten the passenger. The only time I fly the other crappy US airlines is if Jetblue/Southwest doesn’t go there. They wonder why they are in/going bankrupt while the above airlines turn a profit. The answer should be obvious.

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