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From: skaron@eagle.wesleyan.edu
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Subject: Re: 60 Mins seg. (Dr. Day..)
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Date: 5 Oct 89 23:27:29 GMT
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In article <27686@shemp.CS.UCLA.EDU>, D. L. Reynolds DR9021@ UCSFVM writes:
> Steven L. Karon writes <...It is my opinion that Dr. Day is not
> 
> 
> 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.

     I'm sorry but you seem to take my point in the wrong way. I
  realize that Dr.Day is highly talented. But using your case
  (and I'm glad everything worked out as well as possible under
  the circumstances), and watching the segment, Dr. Day would make it seem that
  if the foot had to be amputated, then she would want to know if John had HIV
  before doing the procedure. I'm sorry but I can not sympathize with anyone of 
  that position.  Thanks for listening, and hopefully I explained my point with
  no further offense.

 On to further news: No Healthcare workers do not know the complete medical
 history on everyone they help. They basically get information that can help
 the patient recover faster. So my point is does knowing that a patient has
 HIV, help the Healthworker speed the recovery of the patient if that patient
 has open heart surgery (extreme example). I believe that as of right now it
 doesn't so there is no reason outside of the health workers personal reasons
 to know whether the patient has HIV or not (window period or no window
 period). I'm sorry if prev. letter sounded harsh, but my opinion remains
 similar to the one expressed in the prev. posting.

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                                          Hoping that this calms
                                          tension against me.             
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