The global financial crisis is affecting all businesses and countries, some more than others, including the medical sector has been hurt tremendously.
South Seminole Hospital is closing its obstetrics unit, because deliveries have gone way down. See, patients now are twice about having more babies amid the recession, many have lost their homes and jobs and have no plans on bringing another member to the family.
"...But since the recession, the number of births has been dropping. In 2009, there were 1,380 babies delivered at the hospital and last year that number decreased to 1,203, according to hospital officials and data from the Health Council of East Central Florida."
"There may be no patients for several days and you have nurses sitting there," Trabin said. "When you're down to a low number like 1,000 births a year, it becomes much more unpredictable."
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Monday, January 31, 2011
No More Births at South Semiole Hospital
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Dr Martha Castro's Counter (SD: 10/28/11)
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Hospitals closings, doctors leaving the country...Obamacare anyone?
ReplyDeleteI think that we all should just forget about this new health care and i think they shouldn't pass it.
ReplyDeletePretty good post. I just stumbled upon your blog and wanted to say that I have really enjoyed reading your blog posts.Any way Ill be subscribing to your feed.
ReplyDeleteHere is some free advice coming from an MD, three years out of 4 years of med school and 6 years of residency. DO SOMETHING ELSE. Go into nursing, dentistry, vet or become a truck driver. It is bad and will only get worse with Obamacare. I am saving every dime so I can get the h*** out as soon as I can. A sad statement considering how much time and money I have spent.
ReplyDeleteI appreciate you for this beneficial post! Make sure you keep it going. Cheers.
ReplyDeleteSounds like Doc Pedro is investing in tined food and shotguns, before heading for the hills.
ReplyDeleteFunny, my wife has not noticed a downturn in births (This may be because our unemployment benefits work differently to yours (UK)).
Or perhaps you just have better television programs that we do.
(By the way, the other half is a midwife)
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