Dr. RIchard Carmona

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In a message dated 7/12/2007 8:49:24 P.M. Central Daylight Time,  
aneurysm_42 at yahoo.com writes:

Ken:

What did you think of Dr. Carmona's testimony?

Ben  Reynolds, PA-C
Pittsburgh, PA



I am PROUD to state as publicly as possible, that I find Dr. Richard  
Carmona's testimony, and his subsequent interview on CNN, his most important  moment 
and statements while he was in government service.  He demonstrated  great 
courage and leadership.   Do not overlook, that two other  previous surgeons 
general of great reputation, Dr. Koop, and Dr. Satcher also  made similar 
statements and stood beside Dr. Carmona during his  comments.    
 
Statements regarding WHY I am so supportive can be made in much greater  
detail if the members of this list are interested.   We must not  politicize the 
MD degree and responsibilities of physicians in government  service.  We in 
health care are NOT to merely let our MD degrees to be used  by government for 
political purposes.   Some nations have attempted to  do that during the last 
century and the world soundly condemned the  actions.   Recall the tremendous 
back lash when one government  official in the United States 2 years ago merely 
ordered a doctor to put a  feeding tube (back) in a brain damaged patient, 
against the next of kin's  will.  Military, public health, and  governmental 
doctors have a  higher responsibility than to merely make their political boss 
look good.   They also have an opportunity and responsibility to represent the 
latest  evidence based biomedical science in educating not only their 
governmental boss,  but all in government.     
 
And the principles and values go much deeper than that.   They go  to the 
very root and basis of our guild, called the practice of  medicine.   
 
Dr. Carmona made me PROUD to be a doctor.  Thank you, Richard Carmona  for 
standing up to what is right.   Now we must do the same thing in  areas of 
health care reform, health care economics, health care regulation, and  many other 
non guild intrusions into the practice of medicine.   
 
Kenneth L. Mattox, MD



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