[HSF] "Easier to let pts suffer than to do what is right"

[Nasser F. Abou'Seada]

"a place that keeps tabs on which pt's go back to the
OR; then secret tribunals are held in order to "educate" the medical
staff. It takes guts to take on cases like that. It's a lot easier to
let pt's suffer than to do what is right."

Dear John
please elaborate more ....
sounds the same everywhere !!!!

NFA



On Feb 6, 2008 3:06 PM, John Schor <johnschor at mac.com> wrote:

> Hal:
> Great job!
> You prove the point that we can only know so much without operating.
> Pontificating is the worst place to be. It is clear you are a Jedi
> Master; "May the force be with you".
>
> I am currently at a place that keeps tabs on which pt's go back to the
> OR; then secret tribunals are held in order to "educate" the medical
> staff. It takes guts to take on cases like that. It's a lot easier to
> let pt's suffer than to do what is right.
> I admire your efforts.
> John
>
>
> John Schor, MD
> Verde Valley Medical Center
> Cottonwood, AZ 86326
>
>
> On Feb 6, 2008, at 10:03 AM, Hgrmd at aol.com wrote:
>
> >
> > Prasanna,
> >
> > ? Thanks.
> >
> >
> >
> > Hal
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Prasanna Simha M <prasannasimha at gmail.com>
> > To: OpenHeart-L at lists.hsforum.com
> > Sent: Wed, 6 Feb 2008 11:55 am
> > Subject: Re: [HSF] (no subject)
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Gut instinct pays.
> > Prasanna
> >
> > On Feb 6, 2008 10:17 PM, <hgrmd at aol.com> wrote:
> >
> >>
> >> Ahmed,
> >>
> >> ? Thanks for your words.? Parenthetically, all of my partners
> >> advised me
> >> not to operate.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> Hal
> >>
> >>
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: alsadd <alsadd at ksu.edu.sa>
> >> To: OpenHeart-L at lists.hsforum.com
> >> Sent: Wed, 6 Feb 2008 5:33 pm
> >> Subject: RE: [HSF] (no subject)
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> Congratulations Hal a job well done. It is the thing to do bite the
> >> bullet.
> >>
> >>
> >> Ahmed
> >>
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: openheart-l-bounces at lists.hsforum.com
> >> [mailto:openheart-l-bounces at lists.hsforum.com] On Behalf Of
> hgrmd at aol.com
> >> Sent: Wednesday, February 06, 2008 3:21 AM
> >> To: OpenHeart-L at lists.hsforum.com
> >> Subject: [HSF] (no subject)
> >>
> >> Dear Members,
> >> ? Two days ago, I reoperated on the gentleman with the stenotic and
> >> thrombosed SVC.? I'm glad I did.? I femorally cannulated and went
> >> on pump
> >> prior to splitting the chest (he was 3 weeks postop).? I only
> >> dissected
> >> the
> >> right atrium.? The adhesions were torture.? The tip of the femoral
> >> cannula
> >> was advanced only into the IVC.? No effort was made to control either
> >> cava.?
> >> The heart stayed warm and beating.? A right atriotomy was made and
> >> extended
> >> across the RA-SVC junction.? It was tightly stenotic.? A large
> >> amount of
> >> clot was retrieved with a 6mm Fogarty.? A large patch of bovine
> >> pericardium
> >> was placed.? The whole operation took less than 3 hours.?
> >> Yesterday, it
> >> was
> >> evident that his facial and forearm edema were markedly improved.?
> >> He's
> >> already on Lovenox and Coumadin.
> >>
> >> Hal
> >>
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