Alot of kids can’t even walk up, speak clearly, and handle something this simple.
Hands in pockets, mumbling, no eye contact.
We fixing that.
And yeah — they’re learning to handle things for themselves, their wife, and their kids one day.
Today one of my breast cancer patients was placed under general anesthesia before I had seen her, marked her, or signed her chart.
That should never happen.
This is not the first time I have walked into a hospital and found that the rules were treated like suggestions. Surgery is not an assembly line. These are human beings. They deserve to be seen, evaluated, marked, and spoken to before anesthesia is administered.
When I asked for an explanation, I was met with defensiveness instead of accountability.
And here is the deeper issue. I am often told by insurance companies where I am allowed to operate. Even when I know that another facility is safer. Even when patterns like this have already occurred.
Physicians should be able to choose the safest environment for their patients. Insurance contracts should not override safety standards.
I am tired. But I am not going to be quiet.
We have to build a system where surgeons can vote with their feet and take patients where protocols are followed and safety comes first.
Our patients deserve better.
A woman was filming herself singing a vocal piece when a cat suddenly barged in, crossing right in front of the camera, and started singing in a voice tone exactly like the woman's, as if saying "I can sing well too, you know!"...