Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/03/01
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Indeed, Add that to the medical malpractice insurance rates of between $100,000.00 and $150,000.00 per year for an OB/GYN (at least here in the litigation hotbed of MS) and that M7 gets further and further away unless you can see more and more patients. Frank - -------Original Message------- From: Buzz Hausner <buzz.hausner@verizon.net> Sent: 03/01/03 08:41 AM To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us Subject: [Leica] Is a Good Used M6TTL Worth More Than...? > > I certainly don't ask anyone to feel sorry for physicians. However, you may want to consider the financial status of the profession. For instance, an obstetrician will provide over thirty weeks of care for a pregnant woman. This care will include ten to twelve office visits of between fifteen minutes and a half hour, at the end of which the doctor will deliver the baby, perhaps after being roused at three am to spend many hours with the patient before the delivery. The patient may require surgical care to repair any torn tissue or even a hemorrhage. After the birth, the patient will be seen for three more office visits. For all of this care, the physician will be reimbursed by an insurance company an amount substantially less than the cost of an M7 body and only slightly more than the cost of a good used M6 TTL. Not that the doctor gets to keep all of that money...after paying for malpractice insurance, rent, staff, supplies, et cetera. Again, I am not suggesting pity for the doctor, but one might get a different perspective by weighing the cost of our cameras against the value of our medical care. Buzz Hausner - -----Original Message----- From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us] On Behalf Of animal Sent: Thursday, February 27, 2003 12:24 PM To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us Subject: Re: [Leica] OR photography and what can really happen I,d suspect that there are other reasons for speed. There might be a limit how long surgery can last anyway. Everybody makes mistakes constantly. Even though results of mistakes vary. You can not blame people,s poor design. You just have to device procedures to minimize mistakes. It,s a very interesting complex subject human factors. The highest number of accidents occur in the home when people make tea. When distracted it,s very easy to boil two times the amount of water and at the second to an allready full teapot which can result in horrible burns for kids below the counter. While in the past research focused on aviation and the nuclear industries research has shown the complexity and is now focusing on the more common household accidents. simon - -- To unsubscribe, see <a target=_blank href="http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html">http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html</a> > - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html