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Death is waiting behind Hospital Emergency Room Doors.

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    Publisher's note: Alex J. Ortolano is a former U.S. Army Medical Evacuation Helicopter Pilot in Vietnam and now a patient observer of life.

    We are pleased to announce that you will be able to find Alex here at BCN or at his blogspot here.


    I am more observant than most people. I see things other people don't see. Sometimes I think it is a curse. Other times I think it is a wonderful thing. This time I think it just might save my life. If you heed what I am about to convey to you, it may save your life too.

    EMT stands for "Emergency Medical Technicians". Some think it means "Emergency Medical Transport". Either one conveys to all of us the same thing. If you call 911, these emergency people are going to come in their emergency vehicle and haul you off to a hospital where you are supposedly going to be made all better.

    That's where my powers of observation kick in. Have you ever noticed how many times your newspaper story reads...

   
Patient was pronounced dead shortly after arrival in the hospital.


    There is the problem! The hospitals are killing us!

    As usual I have a solution...

   
Why not take the patient to the nearest Starbucks and get him a cup of coffee?


    I can read your mind. You are worried about the expense of all these cups of coffee. Worst yet you are expecting the usual expense explosion of such Well-Meaning Programs when patients start asking for Lattes or Cappuccinos.

    Don't worry about running out of Starbucks Bucks because our Federal Government has invented China.

    Would I kid u?

    Smartfella

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