If I could have found a neurosurgeon to save my son's life, all of my worldly possessions would have been a small price to surrender to him/her.
I wonder why the best doctors throughout the world want to practice in the United States. Perhaps it has something to do with being paid well for their services.
If I could have found a neurosurgeon to save my son's life, all of my worldly possessions would have been a small price to surrender to him/her.
I wonder why the best doctors throughout the world want to practice in the United States. Perhaps it has something to do with being paid well for their services.
I am sorry for your loss. My point was simple: capitalism doesn't give a sh*t about how much money you think you are worth. A surgeoen is worth plenty in 2003 because no machine can do his work -- yet. Give it another 30-40 years and robot docs will be besting humans. Another fall-out from IT. Knowledge-based professions are ripe for replacement by Asians who can use IT to do them -- something available only within the past several years.
Like it or not, we are now in a global economy where the cheapest competent labor is used. You can't send a sweater by email but you can a medical diagnosis. And so it goes.
Having a neurosurgeon father-in-law I understand something about the medical situations they confront daily. I would not want the stress and pressure of dealing with cases that too often have the odds against them. I'm sorry to hear your son was not saved.
From what I've seen highly trained physician specialists earn what they're paid - and their patients are pleased to have such expertise available to them.