“Went to the ER once, doctor pressed my belly, said it was soft, gave me Somac (acid blocker) and sent me home”
Decades ago at age 11, I was hit by a car. My left knee got the worst of it. I couldnt stand or bend my knee. I was taken by ambulance to the hospital wherw they xrayed my leg. They declared it was only a bad sprain and would heal itself in a week at the most and sent me home.
A week went by and the condition of my knee disnt improve. Still couldnt stand on my leg or bend at the knee. So, my mother took me to a specialist in a tiny office inside an apartment building. He xrayed my leg and showed me the xray which clearly showed a break in my knee. He put my leg in a cast and told me to come back in one month to have the cast removed. Thats what I did. And my knee worked again.
Why was it those doctors and technicians at the hospital couldnt see the break in my leg in an xray when i, a little 11 year old uneducated kid could?
If AI can diagnose, and a robot can be programmed to perform delicate surgery, why will we need doctors/surgeons in the future?
I was shown an X-ray of my swollen hand. Radiologist said my “little finger was broken—wear this cast”.
If there was a break, I couldn’t see it, but I think he was right.