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EvilGenie -> RE: This story enraged me and made me cry both (2/25/2008 3:00:44 PM)
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In *some* African and Middle Eastern countries, not all. Many of said countries would not dream of the mutilation of female genitalia. This custom is these *some* countries dates back millenia. Is it right? To us, no it absolutely is not right though that doesn't mean that we can get all tribes/countries to stop it. Parts of India still throw newly born females off cliffs to kill them as being female they are not considered to have the ability to 'work' and assist in providing for the family. Horrible things happen all over the world and here in the US. However, in Western countries and many non-Western countries we do have the means to be looking into who is providing our health care as well as the records of hospitals for things such as their nosocomial infection rates.
All states in the US have physician registries and I do know that many show suspensions and such along with pending litigation. We ultimately hire these people, they work for us. We need to learn to check their references as we would anyone that we'd employ for any sort of work. Hell we seem to check out nannies a whole lot closer than we do our healthcare providers. Most states also hold this information on nurses, nurse practitioners, medical assistants and in many states, CNAs. Any sort of medical work which requires a certificate is most likely on a state registry for that profession. Maine does hold a CNA registry where information can be found. Having been a medical professional since 1984, I have insisted to more than one patient to go to the state registry whenever in doubt regarding anything. You are a consumer of health care so why not be as thorough with that as you are when purchasing a car?
I am saddened to say that this incident does not surprise me. I hate to think of the actual number of people practicing health care who are uneducated, unlicensed and unqualified. I surmise that the number would stagger most of us. As to a gyn performing surgery, most are highly trained surgeons usually doing female reproductive surgery. This is a highly vascular and small area for surgery and requires a great amount of training and skill which most actual gynocologists possess. This is especially true of ob gyns and specialist reproductive gyns. They aren't known in great numbers though to be performing breast surgery.
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