A #Houston#hospital is investigating whether a #doctor altered a #transplant list to make his patients ineligible for care. A disproportionate number of them have died while waiting for new #organs.
For decades, Dr. J. Steve Bynon Jr., a #transplant#surgeon in #Texas, gained accolades & national prominence for his work, including by helping to enforce professional standards in the country’s sprawling #OrganTransplant system.
But ofcls are now investigating allegations that Dr. Bynon was secretly manipulating a government database to make some of his own patients ineligible to receive new livers, potentially depriving them of lifesaving care.
‘They put up with the pain’: Eye #surgeon’s #medical mission in Gaza >>>
He said there were about 20k people living in and around the #hospital, one bathroom per 200 people (#riots break out over access), everyone has the "Gaza cough" and all of the hallways are filled with people lying on cots, sheets, or just the floor, amidst the constant noise of Israeli #drones and #bombing.
Jane Cooke Wright is a pioneering cancer researcher and surgeon. Not only did she contribute a lot to chemotherapy, she developed a drug to treat breast/skin cancer.
AND if that wasn’t enough, she did something extraordinary for humans and animals alike. She figured out how to use human skin tissue for testing instead of using mice.
Tomorrow is the Thanksgiving Holiday here in the United States. This holiday is fraught with historical and cultural difficulties.
Being in gratitude itself is a beautiful, calming, and yet energizing state. So it’s worth dedicating some time to appreciate the people, places, conditions, and activities for which you feel grateful.
US surgeons are killing themselves at an alarming rate. One decided to speak out
The grueling profession has long kept silent about mental distress. After losing a friend and quietly grappling with illness, Carrie Cunningham found a new way to save lives
This is no comment on the #SNP corruption case, which is rightfully investigated, but - #Sunak’s corruption is orders of magnitude higher than #Surgeon’s, with much more severe consequences for the planet.
The SNP case appears as an indictment of Scottish nationalism, while the Tories’ move seems to self-justify might-makes-right politics. Ideology at its finest.
I think the next time I need #surgery and meet a new surgeon I will take a load of clothing that needs mending and some thread and needles and treat the examination as an interview and have the #surgeon show me their work in action. #MedMastodon