Is the Tsunami coming?
Lawsuits and "know it all" administrators.. bailing out?
I have mentioned about lawsuits regarding unconstitutional “mandates” by private institutions to maintain a job.. eg. hospitals, airlines, etc etc.… I have always thought there was great risk in that. For example, if I am a private practice doctor (don’t get a penny from the hospital as an employee) yet I have “privileges” to practice my trade there, be it surgery, or internal medicine, or infectious disease.. how can the hospital “restrain” me from using their bricks and sticks and resources to heal patients? Oh I know, the “medical executive board” Oh yes, I was on one of those along with nurses, hospital lawyers, administrators, and LOTS of hospital employed doctors - like radiologist, pathologist, anesthesiologist, hospitalist, obgyn, etc.. the list goes on. So when a topic is brought up (always by administration).. and a vote is taken.. the other employed “Doctors” vote with the guy who signs their pay check. Solo practice doctors are just window dressing. And of course after “serving” on the MERC a year or two and being a curmudgeon.. and speaking out- very soon, the invite gets withdrawn to find a compliant younger doctor who “plays well in the sand box”- So - what kind of issue would I have crossed swords with administration. Let’s just pick one out of the box. Let’s say the hospital has been “attracting and welcoming doctors” for a long time and the actual membership on the staff is 1500 doctors. Some never use the hospital or very rarely. Let’s say a “private practice” elderly doctor comes in and schedules a case in the operating room, is taking a long time doing the case… and appropriately the anesthesia and nursing staff realize the old doctor, working alone is “lost in the abdomen” or wherever.. They make a discreet call to one of the other surgeons and say “Dr. So and So is here, we have never seen him before, but he is on the list as having privileges and he scheduled an “XKYZ” procedure and he is really having trouble.. whatever.” So appropriately a competent surgeon arrives and helps him get through the procedure. That is a reasonable thing to do. And it is reasonable to review his privileges. But it is not reasonable for administration to bring to the committee a change in the bylaws for a vote basically saying “every doctor over 70 must take a mental competency exam every year…” Because of one guy. So I stand up and say that we cannot do that because of the age trigger, that is elder discrimination and violates federal law. The lawyer tell me to shut up and sit down, because “you don’t know what you are talking about because for example the FAA takes away pilot license at 65 yrs of age.” Oh that was a bad mistake.. I counter that 1. I have been an FAA consultant for 18 years (at that time) and 2.I have FAA assistant medical administrator in Washington DC on my speed dial. I said “you want me to call him for you, or will you just let me explain” that the AIRLINE unions got that rule made for working as an airliner pilot at 65 - cause they wanted to get into their pension quicker— but the ATP rating and pilots license continues well after 65 and most airline pilots walk across the tarmac and get in a jet and fly the CEO of”fill in the blank” company across the Atlantic to London. So that is a non starter. Besides dear committee, I make a recommendation that we do like the military and require mandatory, random urine screens for drugs from all our doctors and nurses to ensure competence at work. Boy that was a bomb. One lady stood up and said “you cannot do that cause maybe someone went to a party in Colorado in the last week or so…” to which I replied - well at least you know your toxicology cause marijuana is positive for 30 days. but again, it is illegal in Texas and (at that time) violates federal law. So my recommendation stands cause I don’t want any dope smokers consulting as doctors or nurses on my patients!. I was told to sit down and shut up. And when I hit 70 I had to do the mental competency check. I never heard of anyone who failed it.. but hey, they had a rule and no lawyer wanted to sue the big hospital. But with the shot mandate and lots of VAERS data revealing their is significant risk to the shot, and it was EUA only, only the Pharma and government are protected. The company or hospital that required it is liable IMHO, and certainly they have violated “restraint of trade” laws.
https://www.theepochtimes.com/health-care-workers-who-sued-over-covid-19-vaccine-mandate-get-10-million-settlement_4630673.html?utm_source=ref_share&utm_campaign=copy&rs=SHRPRVNF&
And after seeing that, maybe there is an explanation about health care institution leadership….Looks to me like a lot of 2 yr wonder MBA administrators have read the tea leaves and they see a tsunami of lawsuits coming their way and they would rather jump out of the plane and pull the rip cord of their golden parachutes as they say “Geronimo!”
think about it.. related?
It's not coming fast enough!