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State Persecuting 88-year-old Doctor Who Treats Poor From His Car
The New American ^ | January 21, 2015 | Selwyn Duke

Posted on 01/22/2015 8:34:41 PM PST by Tolerance Sucks Rocks

Doctors’ house calls are considered a thing of the past, but not in the appointment book of Dr. Carrol Frazier Landrum, an 88-year-old physician from Edwards, Mississippi. The good doctor will see you no matter who you are, where you are, or how much money you have — as long his 2007 Toyota Camry can deliver him to your location. But now his state’s medical board wants to see him gone.

Dr. Landrum, a WWII veteran, was forced to make a change after crime drove him from his Edwards, Mississippi, office two years ago, and he couldn’t find another space suited to his practice. "I had my car, and I realized I could do most everything out of it that I needed to be doing," said Landrum, according to the Clarion-Ledger. The paper continued, and “for many in [sic] the town of Edwards' 1,034 residents and others in the metro area, that car has become a lifeline — it's the makeshift office of the 88-year-old Dr. Landrum, who is the only practicing physician in the town.” advertisement

And many of the doctor’s trips take him beyond the town. The octogenarian — in practice for 55 years — sometimes drives 50 miles to meet people in their homes, in a parking lot, or by the roadside. It’s a vital service in Mississippi, the nation’s poorest state, where rural transportation is limited and an emergency room visit can spell financial disaster.

What motivates Landrum to keep this rigorous schedule at an age when most men are long retired? The Washington Post reported on January 14:

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Crime/Corruption; Government; News/Current Events; US: Michigan; US: Mississippi; US: Oregon; United Kingdom
KEYWORDS: ama; bigbrother; biggovernment; carrolfrazierlandrum; charity; drlandrum; edwards; landrum; medicallicense; nannystate; tyranny
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1 posted on 01/22/2015 8:34:41 PM PST by Tolerance Sucks Rocks
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To: SheLion; Eric Blair 2084; -YYZ-; 31R1O; 383rr; AFreeBird; AGreatPer; Alamo-Girl; Alia; altura; ...

Nanny State PING!


2 posted on 01/22/2015 8:36:05 PM PST by Tolerance Sucks Rocks (Je suis Charlie, you miserable Islamist throwbacks!)
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

Thought Tme Lords were a lot older than 88. How old is Doctor Who?


3 posted on 01/22/2015 8:49:39 PM PST by Rodamala
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

God love this man.


4 posted on 01/22/2015 8:57:27 PM PST by Mortrey (Kenites occupy the White House)
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

“While he was deemed ‘incompetent’ at a recent board hearing, ‘He said the charge is a catchall,’ reports the Post, ‘one designed to avoid citing a specific occupational violation.’ He also made some good points in his own defense”

It would be interesting to know on what basis the board feels Landrum is incompetent. It’s possible there are other issues here, such as the doc’s skills are no longer up to snuff due to his age. IF that is the case, they ought to be able to provide specific examples and reasons.

If, however, the only beef they have is that the guy is now using his car as his office (instead of the building he fled because of crime issues), leave the poor guy alone! Performing basic diagnoses and writing scripts from your car isn’t really all that different than the mobile clinics you see servicing poor areas in some urban areas. It’s a little unorthodox, but as long as the guy isn’t doing outpatient surgery on the hood, I don’t see a problem here. (Again, so long as there are no legit issues with the doc’s competency).


5 posted on 01/22/2015 8:57:54 PM PST by DemforBush (I don't want no communists in my car!)
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The article is a powerful indictment of government seeking its own ends and rejecting its charter as servant to the people.


6 posted on 01/22/2015 9:02:56 PM PST by Louis Foxwell (This is a wake up call. Join the Sultan Knish ping list.)
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amen. and bless him too.


7 posted on 01/22/2015 9:59:06 PM PST by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; Not averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

AMA scum.


8 posted on 01/22/2015 9:59:41 PM PST by Seruzawa (All those memories will be lost,in time, like tears in rain.)
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To: DemforBush

hey if abortion clinics get waivers and don’t get inspected once every 11-14 years and have less sanitary conditions than his car, i think they can cut him some slack given the people he’s trying to genuinely assist.


9 posted on 01/22/2015 10:01:32 PM PST by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; Not averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

big fedgov bully


10 posted on 01/22/2015 10:03:29 PM PST by yldstrk
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To: Louis Foxwell

That my FRiend is a very powerful and true statement.


11 posted on 01/22/2015 10:05:34 PM PST by eyedigress
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

First the left pretends that no medical infrastructure exists to treat indigent patients, then the left deliberately destroys that infrastructure, so that Obamacare can’t be repealed without causing actual harm to patients.


12 posted on 01/22/2015 10:22:26 PM PST by TChad (The Obamacare motto: Dulce et decorum est pro patria mori.)
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

I think if I was 88 years old, I would just ignore them and ignore their orders.


13 posted on 01/22/2015 10:27:15 PM PST by marron
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

This is what the world’s greatest medical marketplace has come to.


14 posted on 01/23/2015 1:57:52 AM PST by 9thLife ("Life is a military endeavor..." -- Pope Francis)
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To: DemforBush
Performing basic diagnoses and writing scripts from your car isn’t really all that different than the mobile clinics you see servicing poor areas in some urban areas.

There was that demonstration the other year in Wisconsin (I think) where doctors were writing sick leave notices in the street for the protestors. Why was that not much of a problem?


15 posted on 01/23/2015 2:57:12 AM PST by magooey (The Mandate of Heaven resides in the hearts of men.)
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

Doesn’t pay to be nice and actually a God fearing citizen anymore...wanting to help and aid a fellow man...

THANKS TO ALL YOU FREAKS THAT VOTED OBAMA IN TWICE!


16 posted on 01/23/2015 3:19:19 AM PST by BCW (ARMIS EXPOSCERE PACEM)
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Rules are rules
Government is good
If you don’t like a law, you can vote to change it
Islam is peace
Socialism works
Black lives matter
Kill whitey
...
Obama


17 posted on 01/23/2015 3:58:48 AM PST by MrBambaLaMamba (Obama - "I will stand with the Muslims")
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To: DemforBush
It would be interesting to know on what basis the board feels Landrum is incompetent. It’s possible there are other issues here, such as the doc’s skills are no longer up to snuff due to his age. IF that is the case, they ought to be able to provide specific examples and reasons.

Well said.

18 posted on 01/23/2015 4:05:23 AM PST by Gene Eric (Don't be a statist!)
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To: DemforBush
If, however, the only beef they have is that the guy is now using his car as his office (instead of the building he fled because of crime issues), leave the poor guy alone! Performing basic diagnoses and writing scripts from your car isn’t really all that different than the mobile clinics you see servicing poor areas in some urban areas. It’s a little unorthodox, but as long as the guy isn’t doing outpatient surgery on the hood, I don’t see a problem here. (Again, so long as there are no legit issues with the doc’s competency).

You're looking at this logically. The State looks at it as an affront to its power. Real power is the power to punish the innocent.

19 posted on 01/23/2015 4:14:38 AM PST by Flick Lives ("I can't believe it's not Fascism!")
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

But there is no electronic medical record!

Then it is not medical care.

Guilty, practicing medicine without a computer.


20 posted on 01/23/2015 4:25:39 AM PST by urbanpovertylawcenter (the law and poverty collide in an urban setting and sparks fly)
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