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Mon Sep 15 00:55:57 BST 2008

With all due respect Dr. Besserman, what you're reading is the frustration on 
the part of trauma surgery experts who are tired of having federal program 
proponents foisting their ideologies and administrivia into local matters. To 
me, the entry point is those who stick their hands into the chests, bellies and 
extremities of those with whom they are expected and entrusted to protect, 
rather than professional planners in DC, who for the most part have no "real 
world" experience in the mitigation of surgical and medical emergencies - 
especially on a massive scale.

What they are saying is that the system is vertically integrated (top-down) 
along federal funding guidelines, and not constructed around rational local 
needs and requirements based on resources and demand. In fact, the medical 
community has been bypassed, and is considered by many an afterthought. Property be 
damned, for my money, I want someone who can save my life - even within the 
construct of the federal template. But, no one's listening. Thus, these 
postings.

Bob Kellow

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