Comments on: Primum non nocere

By: Francesca

Francesca — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 05:51:00 +0000

Bravo! Bravo! Bravissimo! Still have to read the linked articles. I agree with all you say. The Emergency Medical System is overloaded leaving staff frustrated and unable to triage stat as they so desperately want to. The overloading stems from failure of “modern world” insurance health care politics. Patients who need primary care use the emergency room for lack of resources. This ties the hands of the able willing Emergency Medical Staff to treat emergencies as they are intended to be treated by the Emergency System! It’s important that Doctors, especially those on the front line of Emergency Care voice their concerns. It’s time for a drastic change in health care reality. Let the Emergency Staff fulfill their Hippocratic Oath and continue to primum non nocere!

By: elena pinto

elena pinto — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 11:57:00 +0000

A situation so true all over the world.

I only feel that with the growing economic crisis and subsequent cuts in spending on Health Care, things are going to get worse…much worse before they get better.

Nevertheless some real leadership could make the situation so much better.

By: Stephen

Stephen — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 00:22:00 +0000

Good article! Just the other day I broke and badly cut a toe. I am lucky it didn’t get cut off. That would be the only reason why I would have made the decision to go to a hospital. Because it didn’t get cut off I much rather it just heal as it is then bother with waiting for a day in a room with sick people.

It has gotten to the point where unless I thought I was going to die or something needed re-attaching I wouldn’t go to a hospital. And I know a lot of other people share this view.

And as you say the problem has nothing to do with the people providing the care. It’s the idiots that mouth platitudes while they tie the hands of those who only want to help.