Art. 25, Gen. Assy. res. 217A(III) of 10Dec48

December 31, 2006 at 12:28 pm | In Medicine, Opinion, Politics

I deal with the consequences of our healthcare insurance system every day. I work in two hospitals: one is a large urban public hospital that takes care of a large portion of the county’s uninsured, including homeless people as well as the working poor without adequate insurance; the other is a private hospital that is more like a hotel, with wealthy patients who have private insurance as well as Medicare or MediCal, California’s state insurance program.

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Whew!

December 16, 2006 at 12:38 pm | In Blogging, Life, Medicine, Work

Little Doctor CartoonIf you are looking at my posts closely you’ll notice that it’s been quite a while since my last (thanks for the nudge, joe positive). I just finished a 14-day stint on the wards. I’m still surprised how my life continues to revolve around an artifical lunar calendar. As a resident, my assignments always depended on the month. My schedule might have included spending July in the Intensive Care Unit, August on the General Medicine wards, September on the Nephrology consult service, etc. I lived and breathed by the month. This month was hard, that month was cake. I thought that would all come to an end when I finished my residency, when my “normal” life was all set to begin.

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