http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2008/01/grady-memorial-hospital-on-life-support.html Wed, 15 Feb 2012 00:27:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2008/01/grady-memorial-hospital-on-life-support.html#comment-82651 Anonymous Fri, 11 Jan 2008 14:27:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2008/01/grady-memorial-hospital-on-life-support.html#comment-82651 We are become Brazil, except without the beaches and music. We are become Brazil, except without the beaches and music.

]]> http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2008/01/grady-memorial-hospital-on-life-support.html#comment-82644 Anonymous Fri, 11 Jan 2008 03:00:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2008/01/grady-memorial-hospital-on-life-support.html#comment-82644 When you consider the level of debt even with el cheapo resident slave labor at this facility, it is evident that most of the patrons simply cannot afford the maladies with which they are afflicted, many of which are avoidable (pregnancy included). It will take a Gates Foundation level charitable grant or a large transfer of wealth from the working class (read tax increase) to "save" Grady. The lawsuit and certification violations referred to in the article are ludicrous. This IS the standard of care at an institution serving complex problems brought by the indigent, illegals, drug abusers, knife-and-gun club, etc. understaffed by overworked minimum wage doctors with second-world resources. The fact is that every large city has a Grady; Atlanta is hardly unique. When you consider the level of debt even with el cheapo resident slave labor at this facility, it is evident that most of the patrons simply cannot afford the maladies with which they are afflicted, many of which are avoidable (pregnancy included). It will take a Gates Foundation level charitable grant or a large transfer of wealth from the working class (read tax increase) to “save” Grady. The lawsuit and certification violations referred to in the article are ludicrous. This IS the standard of care at an institution serving complex problems brought by the indigent, illegals, drug abusers, knife-and-gun club, etc. understaffed by overworked minimum wage doctors with second-world resources. The fact is that every large city has a Grady; Atlanta is hardly unique.

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