September 07, 2010
Tuesday

DID ANYONE READ THE LETTERS TO THE EDITOR IN THE WEEKEND EDITION OF THE KETCHIKAN DAILY NEWS? NOW I WANT TO BE PERFECTLY CLEAR THAT I KNOW THAT ANYTHING I WRITE ON FACEBOOK GOES TO EVERYONE AND SECONDLY THAT I DERIVE NO PLEASURE FROM ANYONE BEING INJURED IN ANY WAY, HOWEVER, I THINK MORE THAN A FEW OF YOU WILL SHARE THE LAUGH I GOT FROM THIS PARTICULAR LETTER.

IT SEEMS A WOMAN WENT HIKING, FELL AND BROKE HER WRIST. HER LETTER WAS IN
PRAISE OF THE AWESOME CARE SHE RECEIVED AT KETCHIKAN GENERAL HOSPITAL.
ACCORDING TO HER, SHE WAS AMAZED THAT SHE WALKED INTO THE E.R. AND NOBODY EVEN ASKED HER FOR INSURANCE INFO--THEY SIMPLY WHISKED HER INTO AN EXAM ROOM AND CALLED THE ORTHO TO COME IMMEDIATELY WHICH HE DID EVEN THOUGH HE WAS PREPARING TO GO OUT ON HIS BOAT.

NOW THAT'S A DOUBLE BARRELED MIRACLE: FIRSTLY, IF THE ORTHO DOCTOR WAS ON CALL, WHY WAS HE GOING OUT ON HIS BOAT IN THE FIRST PLACE AND SECONDLY THANK GOD IT WAS HER WRIST SHE BROKE RATHER THAN HER BACK OR NECK AS OUR LOCAL ORTHO/ "SPORTS MEDICINE" CLINIC WILL NOT SEE PEOPLE FOR EITHER CONDITION SO I GUESS HE'D HAVE JUST KEPT ON HEADING OUT TO SEA! LUCKY LADY I'D SAY!

AND NOW ON TO HER AMAZEMENT THAT UPON HER ARRIVAL, NOBODY ASKED HER FOR HER INSURANCE INFO AND INSTEAD WHISKED HER INTO A ROOM FOR AMAZING TLC.

WHAT SHE LEFT OUT IS THAT SHE IS AN OB/GYN PROVIDER AT OUR LOCAL HOSPITAL AND VERY WELL KNOWN -- ALL THEY HAD TO DO WAS SEE HER FACE, PLUG HER NAME INTO THEIR COMPUTER AND AS IF BY MAGIC, THEY KNEW MORE ABOUT HER THAN THE IRS DOES!!

LASTLY, I WANT TO MENTION A 20-SOMETHING YEAR OLD PATIENT OF MY CLINIC WHO TOOK HER VERY ILL INFANT DAUGHTER INTO THAT SAME EMERGENCY ROOM ABOUT 2 WEEKS AGO. SHE SAT FOR OVER 4 HOURS WAITING FOR A DOCTOR WHOM SHE SAYS SHE LATER FOUND OUT WAS ACTUALLY THE PERSON SHE THOUGHT WAS A NURSE SITTING AT THE DESK PLAYING COMPUTER GAMES! HER DAUGHTER -- PER HER -- WAS SENT HOME WITH INSTRUCTIONS TO KEEP THE FEVER DOWN WITH IBUPROFEN OR TYLENOL AND SEE HER PEDIATRICIAN THE NEXT DAY!

SO WHAT DO WE HAVE HERE? A DOUBLE STANDARD? SURE LOOKS LIKE THAT TO
ME. ALSO, I'M STILL LAUGHING THAT KGH HAS TO GET THEIR OWN PROVIDERS TO WRITE "ATTA-BOY" LETTERS TO THE EDITOR! MAYBE SOME OF YOU THAT DIDN'T GET THE GOLD STAR TREATMENT AT KGH SHOULD WRITE YOUR OWN LETTER TO THE EDITOR.

WOULD I HAVE SURGERY IN THIS TOWN? HELL NO! I EVEN SENT MY EX-HUSBAND TO ANCHORAGE FOR A SIMPLE HERNIA REPAIR BEFORE I WOULD CONSIDER HAVING IT DONE AT KGH. OTHERS CAN DO AS THEY WISH -- I HAD JUST NEVER READ SUCH A CROCK OF CRAP IN MY ENTIRE LIFE AND HAD TO REMARK ON IT!

Eileen Small
Ketchikan, AK

About: "CNM -- A Woman's Place"

Received September 05, 2010 - Published September 07, 2010

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