Comments on: Call and extreme hours kills a doctor http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2007/05/call-and-extreme-hours-kills-doctor.html medical blog Sun, 22 Nov 2009 19:59:44 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: jayZee http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2007/05/call-and-extreme-hours-kills-doctor.html/comment-page-1#comment-75312 jayZee Tue, 22 May 2007 01:28:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2007/05/call-and-extreme-hours-kills-a-doctor.html#comment-75312 I wonder if Dr. Nettlebeck had a cervical adjustment quick before he expired? hmmmmm I wonder if Dr. Nettlebeck had a cervical adjustment quick before he expired? hmmmmm

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2007/05/call-and-extreme-hours-kills-doctor.html/comment-page-1#comment-75252 Anonymous Sun, 20 May 2007 05:40:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2007/05/call-and-extreme-hours-kills-a-doctor.html#comment-75252 "Dr Peter Nettelbeck, 28, was a qualified medical practitioner working at the Latrobe Hospital in Traralgon when he was found dead in a bed after working regular long hours and being on call during the night.<br/><br/>In the County Court yesterday, the Latrobe Regional Hospital agreed to pay Dr Nettelbeck's widow, Katherine, a lump sum $186,650 and his children -- Elizabeth, 2, and Jeremy, 4, -- $10,370 each. Elizabeth was born a month after Dr Nettelbeck died.<br/><br/>The family will also receive interest and funeral costs.<br/><br/>Mrs Nettelbeck will also receive a pension for the next three years and the two children will receive pensions until they are no longer considered dependants. The payments are the maximum under the Victorian WorkCover Act."<br/><br/><br/>It is very interesting to see how things work in another country, in this case Australia. A doctor's life and the economic damages sustained aren't worth much in this socialized system. It makes the arguments against noneconomic damage caps in the US laughable. The total amount this family will receive for what is surely many millions of dollars in economic damages (which are not subject to caps in the US) is less than the caps on noneconomic damages being sought in the US. We are all so special here indeed! “Dr Peter Nettelbeck, 28, was a qualified medical practitioner working at the Latrobe Hospital in Traralgon when he was found dead in a bed after working regular long hours and being on call during the night.

In the County Court yesterday, the Latrobe Regional Hospital agreed to pay Dr Nettelbeck’s widow, Katherine, a lump sum $186,650 and his children — Elizabeth, 2, and Jeremy, 4, — $10,370 each. Elizabeth was born a month after Dr Nettelbeck died.

The family will also receive interest and funeral costs.

Mrs Nettelbeck will also receive a pension for the next three years and the two children will receive pensions until they are no longer considered dependants. The payments are the maximum under the Victorian WorkCover Act.”

It is very interesting to see how things work in another country, in this case Australia. A doctor’s life and the economic damages sustained aren’t worth much in this socialized system. It makes the arguments against noneconomic damage caps in the US laughable. The total amount this family will receive for what is surely many millions of dollars in economic damages (which are not subject to caps in the US) is less than the caps on noneconomic damages being sought in the US. We are all so special here indeed!

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