Re: US vs the World re. Women's reproductive health services
From: art fougner, md (evsono@pipeline.com)
Tue Dec 17 17:40:02 2002
Ann
imho the biggest development in ultrasound for the world by GE was not
their acquisition of the voluson patent - it was the notebook ultrasound
- truly portable ultrasound ala the man with his notebook traveling to
the bush to scan will bring the lab to the people. now to work on that
price...
peace on earth.
art
At Tue, 17 Dec 2002, Ann Polin wrote:
>
>Terry and Colleagues - This is such an important statement. It is a shame
>that the significance of it is not appreciated by the many who are in a
>position to do something about it. And, the Subject line above could more
>aptly be written, "US vs the World re: Health Services". I have seen
>first-hand "health services" in the developing countries of our world. While
>patients in the U.S. might mull over heavy issues like "should I have a CT
>or an MRI?" there are patients in many other countries who can't even afford
>basic lab tests - Countless times during my ultrasound scanning days in
>Ghana I ordered and paid for a pregnancy test for patients who didn't have
>any money. In many of the facilities in these countries, health care
>consists of nothing more than a doctor and a stethoscope trying to diagnosis
>and treat patients in a grey concrete room, without benefit of lab tests,
>x-rays, ultrasound, CT scans, MRI scans, fancy surgery suites, and the
>expanse of technological advances and medical expertise that most of us take
>for granted in the U.S. Until there is more public awareness, enlightened
>administrative policy, and increased humanitarian funding much of the world
>(except, of course, for the U.S.A.) will be left in the dark when in comes
>to health care.
>
>--
>Ann Polin, BS, RDMS
>Program Chair
>Diagnostic Ultrasound, R130D
>Bellevue Community College
>3000 Landerholm Circle SE
>Bellevue, WA 98007-6484
>USA
>Telephone: +1 (425) 564-4181
>Fax: +1 (425) 564-4193
>Email: apolin@bcc.ctc.edu
>
> -----Original Message-----
>From: Terry J. DuBoseTo: Multiple recipients of list ULTRASOUND
>Sent: 12/16/2002 9:48 AM
>Subject: Fwd: US vs the World re. Women's reproductive health services
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art fougner, md
ich bin ein New Yorker
