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Thread #63287 Message #1026501
Posted By: Stilly River Sage
29-Sep-03 - 11:54 PM
Thread Name: Titless Wonder
Subject: RE: Titless Wonder
I think there is a new law in Texas about how surgery is approached as they prep you. I had my bunion fixed in July and before they'd given any medications the nurse handed me a ballpoint pen and said I was to circle the bunion on my foot and place an "x" in the middle of it. They have you draw on the surgical spot to help avoid at least one kind of mistake.
In a recent election voters here may have gone from the frying pan into the fire. In an attempt to "save the family doctor" they gave more power to the insurance companies (via the legislature) to limit the extent of punitive damages in malpractice lawsuits. It was the insurance companies against the personal injury lawyers--a real ugly battle. Neither side suggested that the agency that regulates doctors do a better job of getting rid of the bad ones so the cost of malpractice insurance could level off or drop.
SRS