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Re: Important PBS series in MarchFrom: DuBose, Terry (DuboseTerryJ@uams.edu)Thu Jan 31 14:47:08 2008
"Lets keep it short, please. Can someone tell me ONE program that the government runs that works well? Lets not discuss "well" , you know what I mean. Joe C" OK, you have framed the debate so it will be very easy to offer one bad experience and try to discount my entire argument... but I'll bite... it won't be short. I don't do sound bites. I like the Veteran's Hospital system in spite of the bad PR they got last year at Walter Reed. Over all the entire VA system is good. Here is what one of my students wrote in her WebCT journal after her rotation through the local VA (She is a senior and has spent approximately 3 months each at 8 different clinics). "From what I've seen, it does seem like the dedicated vascular labs do investigate more than just the general labs that do vascular. At the VA vascular lab, they thoroughly check every patient, no matter how long it takes. At hospitals that are there for the money, they seem to want to get the patient in and out as fast as possible. This is just what I noticed; it might not be like this everywhere". And here is what was written in a small, rural news paper by a veteran with disabilities from Viet Nam. "The VAMC is a government hospital and provides excellent care. I have urged that all medical facilities model themselves after the VA. I have been in the VAMC in Fayetteville and in Little Rock (where I left some body parts) and have written they are the best hospitals I've been in for treatment. Every department, not just vascular, will keep you until they have thoroughly checked you and know it is safe to send you home. My only complaint, as I've mentioned before, is that there is too much cinnamon in the chocolate chip cookies." See: http://www.nwanews.com/wrvn/Editorial/3080/ I also like our interstate highway system. Remember the Minneapolis I35 bridge that collapsed was under engineered by a corporate contractor. I like the US Postal service, our local government's fire fighting system, and our local water system. I also realize that there is much about corporations that I do like; I like my Dell PC, the compatibility of Microsoft Office, SAS, and my Honda. But I don't like what some corporations have done in many instances... Vioxx, Fen-Phen, the Ford Pinto, Love Canal ... to name a few. I do not enjoy dealing with the IRS, but I prefer dealing with them once a year than the constant irritation of dealing with insurance corporations, it seems it never ends. I could go on... Terry J. DuBose, M.S., RDMS, FSDMS, FAIUM Associate Professor & Director Diagnostic Medical Sonography Program University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, CHRP 4301 West Markham St. Mail Slot #563 Little Rock, Arkansas, 72205 USA 501-686-6510 or 501-686-5948 DuBoseTerryJ@UAMS.edu http://www.uams.edu/chrp/sonography/ http://www.obgyn.net/us/panel/panel.htm http://www.io.com/~dubose/ ---------------------------------------------------------------
--------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------- -----Original Message----- From: ultrasound@obgyn.net [mailto:ultrasound@obgyn.net] On Behalf Of Joe Cutchin Sent: Tuesday, January 29, 2008 10:05 AM To: Multiple recipients of list ULTRASOUND Subject: Re: Important PBS series in March Lets keep it short, please. Can someone tell me ONE program that the government runs that works well? Lets not discuss "well" , you know what I mean. Joe C Ellerd Family wrote:
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