Re: Gwynne....are you up on the scandal?

[Guest guest]

Not nice for us poor folk. But if you've got lots of cash, then I

guess that it's quite acceptable. In fact I'd insist upon it. That's

why they get to ride around in Rolls Royces and we don't. It's a fact

of life and we must grow up or go and get an opperation in Havana.

(Where they have an outstanding medical setup, believe it or not).

Bob IPF nov2005 1949/58

>

> Yes, UTSW, the hospital where Gwynne was on the transplant list but

> from which she's trying to get the referral to California for a greater

> chance just hit the news.

>

> UT Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas keeps a detailed list of

> wealthy, high-profile and influential people and their family members

> to ensure that they get favored treatment if they become patients. UT

> Southwestern officials defend the practice, and some industry experts

> said hospitals and other nonprofits often take special care of donors

> or other powerful people. The list of approximately 6,000 persons has

> been published in the newspaper but without the personal details as to

> the level or extent of their special service.

>

> Of course they say the list was obtained illegally and i imagine so as

> it appears to have been quickly copied with the list on the pages even

> crooked. People on the list say they had no idea the list existed.

>

> Now, I don't know nor does anyone exactly what the list was used for,

> but regardless the concept of a State Owned Teaching University

> Hospital having such a list is just deplorable. Amazing to me how we

> can make excuses and rationalize and just forget often the basics of

> what is right and wrong.

>

>

>

> Bruce Moreland 58 IPF 08/07 Dallas/Plano

>

[Guest guest]

Not nice for us poor folk. But if you've got lots of cash, then I

guess that it's quite acceptable. In fact I'd insist upon it. That's

why they get to ride around in Rolls Royces and we don't. It's a fact

of life and we must grow up or go and get an opperation in Havana.

(Where they have an outstanding medical setup, believe it or not).

Bob IPF nov2005 1949/58

>

> Yes, UTSW, the hospital where Gwynne was on the transplant list but

> from which she's trying to get the referral to California for a greater

> chance just hit the news.

>

> UT Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas keeps a detailed list of

> wealthy, high-profile and influential people and their family members

> to ensure that they get favored treatment if they become patients. UT

> Southwestern officials defend the practice, and some industry experts

> said hospitals and other nonprofits often take special care of donors

> or other powerful people. The list of approximately 6,000 persons has

> been published in the newspaper but without the personal details as to

> the level or extent of their special service.

>

> Of course they say the list was obtained illegally and i imagine so as

> it appears to have been quickly copied with the list on the pages even

> crooked. People on the list say they had no idea the list existed.

>

> Now, I don't know nor does anyone exactly what the list was used for,

> but regardless the concept of a State Owned Teaching University

> Hospital having such a list is just deplorable. Amazing to me how we

> can make excuses and rationalize and just forget often the basics of

> what is right and wrong.

>

>

>

> Bruce Moreland 58 IPF 08/07 Dallas/Plano

>