Comments on: Why it’s so difficult to close bad hospitals http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2008/12/why-its-so-difficult-to-close-bad.html medical blog Tue, 24 Nov 2009 19:56:19 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Anonymous http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2008/12/why-its-so-difficult-to-close-bad.html/comment-page-1#comment-88564 Anonymous Tue, 09 Dec 2008 15:51:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2008/12/why-its-so-difficult-to-close-bad-hospitals.html#comment-88564 A strong piece? After being a regular reader of the NYT over the past 10 years, I'd say it was one of the most slip-shod, sensationalist pieces of journalism I've seen in a long time. The Times has an established history now of antipathy towards physicans while maintaining this kind of infatuation with regulatory bodies like JCAHO. I guess that is what develops when you pen trash articles from an office in Manhattan while those of us in the trenches of medicine give our sweat, blood and tears to provide care to the poor and indigent.<br/>I'm a resident at University Hospital, and like all of my colleagues there, I give 110% every day to serve the poorest, sickest, and least fortunate members of the Upstate NY community. I am proud of the work I do and the education I am receiving. I do not need an article in the New York Times to define what a "good hospital" is - I can see it in the grateful eyes of the patients we help. A strong piece? After being a regular reader of the NYT over the past 10 years, I’d say it was one of the most slip-shod, sensationalist pieces of journalism I’ve seen in a long time. The Times has an established history now of antipathy towards physicans while maintaining this kind of infatuation with regulatory bodies like JCAHO. I guess that is what develops when you pen trash articles from an office in Manhattan while those of us in the trenches of medicine give our sweat, blood and tears to provide care to the poor and indigent.
I’m a resident at University Hospital, and like all of my colleagues there, I give 110% every day to serve the poorest, sickest, and least fortunate members of the Upstate NY community. I am proud of the work I do and the education I am receiving. I do not need an article in the New York Times to define what a “good hospital” is – I can see it in the grateful eyes of the patients we help.

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