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From: D. L. Reynolds DR9021@ UCSFVM
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Subject: 60 Mins seg. (Dr. Day..)
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Date: 4 Oct 89 01:57:38 GMT
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Steven L. Karon writes <...It is my opinion that Dr. Day is not
fufilling  her duties as a doctor if she is not willing to
help someone that may put her in some risk, and therefore bid
her a fare goodbye from her profession.>

Before blithely dismissing Dr. Day, you might consider this:
Roughly 15 years ago the six-year-old son of a friend was
severely injured in a car accident.  His right foot was badly
mangled and almost completely severed at the ankle.  All the
surgeons who examined the boy (named John) agreed that the foot
would have to be amputated.  Except Dr. Day.  She thought she
might be able to save the foot and labored mightily to that
end.  Ultimately, her efforts were an unqualified success.
John walks without so much as a limp, and was even able to play
soccer in high school.  And just for the record, John and his
mother were not "important" people.  His mother was a single parent
on welfare.

Regardless of one's opinion of Dr. Day's position, she is an
enormously talented and dedicated orthopaedic surgeon and her
resignation is a very real loss.