more on Infection Kills 100 Quebec Patients

[David Farber <dave () farber net>]

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From: John David Galt <jdg () diogenes sacramento ca us>
Date: August 8, 2004 11:22:48 PM EDT
To: dave () farber net
Subject: Re: [IP] Infection Kills 100 Quebec Patients

> Microbe blamed for 100 deaths at Quebec hospital
> http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/ 
> RTGAM.20040804.winfec20804/BNStory/National/

A similar "epidemic" going on all over Britain has been in that  
country's
headlines for the past month.  They've named it "MRSA".  See, for  
instance,
http://www.portal.telegraph.co.uk/opinion/main.jhtml; 
sessionid=LVZXP11HB5BYDQFIQMFSM5WAVCBQ0JVC?xml=/opinion/2004/07/25/ 
do2502.xml&secureRefresh=true&_requestid=42037

I don't believe that this is a coincidence.  When an industry is run by  
the
government and provided "free", and the people working in it are immune  
to
lawsuits and nearly impossible to fire because of civil service rules,  
you
can't expect that industry to provide a good quality product.

This epidemic ought to be called the lack-of-accountability syndrome.   
And
it ought to give pause to those who want the government to take over  
health
care in the United States.


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