Re: Did I just have a stroke?

In article <i57q91l6i572odu3592ope2vmvpmed9sqm@xxxxxxx>, Carey Gregory
<tiredofspam123@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> jason@xxxxxxxxxx (Jason) wrote:
>
> >You may be lucky and
> >never ever have a patient die that thought they may have had a heart
> >attack or stroke.
>
> It isn't luck, Jason.
>
> Get back to us when you understand that.

Yes, I feel there was luck involved. I have not talked to the older doctor
that was the victim of a malpractice lawsuit. To update the other
subscribers--the older doctor had a patient that reported to him that he
believed that he was the victim of a heart attack or stroke. The older
doctor done a brief exam and told him that he had not been a victim of a
heart attack or stroke. Several days later, the patient died of a massive
heart attack and the wife and her malpractice lawyer sued the doctor.They
settled out of court for an undisclosed amount of money. It's my GUESS
that the doctor made thousands (or at least hundreds) of guesses related
to other people that believed they may have had heart attacks or strokes.
He was lucky in those cases but was very unlucky on the day the patient
died and he became the victim of a malpractice lawsuit. This same thing
could happen to any doctor that fails to have test results to back up any
decisions that are made related to whether or not patients that believed
they were victims of heart attacks or stokes.

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