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Thu Dec 7 16:47:54 GMT 2006

Pret-sarcasm??-never!  One of his lines particularly hit home:

"Let's build a bunch of multi-million-dollar roller-hospitals and store them
in a big warehouse, just in case a city collapses.  When a city collapses 
(ideally, not the city with the big warehouse)"

Prior to 9/11, NYC Mayor Gulliani, incurred the wrath of fiscal conservatives for building a multimillion dollar 'emergency' command center, for use by the city in the case of a major terrorist attack, hurricane, flood, or other catastrophic disaster.  And where was this fortress located??   In the World Trade Center, of course.

Under current Mayor Bloomberg, this concept has been maintained,  The current 'emergency' command center is physically located in Manhattan, under the Brooklyn Bridge.

~doug~

  Gotta say that, sarcasm aside, Pret is absolutely correct.  This mobile
  doc-in-the-box is counterintuitive.  It also fails to ascribe to the
  very basics of trauma care, and that is to bring the patient as quickly
  to the place with the most resources, not to bring a few resources to
  the place where they will quickly be overwhelmed, overused and thereby
  useless!  I bet Frykberg would have a stroke with all of this.

  Let me see, now......I am looking at something that is round, has a
  hole in the middle, and can be put on a heavy stick with the identical
  round thing on the other end of the stick onto which I can put something
  and roll along very easily.  Why, I just reinvented the wheel.  Sounds
  like what these "medical innovators" want to do.

  Just my 3 cents (inflation and all.......)

  Take care,
  Ron

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