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June 02, 2003
Frist connected to HealthSouth!
Benefit manager fills Nashville Rx
No scandal here, but it would be fun to tie the Senate Majority Leader to the HealthSouth scandal. As it happens, as a doctor and a member of a medibusiness family, he could hardly not be connected to HealthSouth.
Caremark, a pharmaceutical services company, is moving its HQ from Birmingham to Nashville. It used to be called MedPartners and was run by Richard Scrushy. They're trying to escape that by changing the name and moving to Nashville. On hand for the announcement of the relocation were the governor, the mayor... and Thomas Frist Junior. Frist was the prime mover in convincing the company to relocate.
Posted by Mac Thomason at June 2, 2003 11:56 AM
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I WAS RECRUITED BY HEALTHCARE CORPORATION OF
AMERICA (HCA) IN LONDON,TO WORK AS A REGISTERED NURSE AT THE KING FAISAL SPECIALIST HOSPITAL IN
RIYADH SAUDI ARABIA.
MY CONTRACT DRAWN-UP BY HCA CLEARLY STATED: THAT IN THE EVENT OF WORK RELATED DEATH/SERIOUS INJURY WORKERS COMPENSATION WOULD BE PAID.
WE WERE NEVER TOLD THIS CLAUSE ONLY APPLIED TO AMERICAN CITIZENS WHO LIVED IN 1 OF THE 50 US
STATES. NEITHER WERE WE INFORMED THAT IN 1978 THE KINGDOM OF SAUDI ARABIA INTRODUCED A LAW OF IMMUNITY AGAINST ALL CLAIMS FOR PERSONAL INJURY.
(OWN RESEARCH)
I WAS 'INJURED' WHILE ON DUTY IN A PATIENT'S ROOM.
I WAS KNOCKED UNCONSCIOUS AND CONCUSSED.
MRI SCAN(S) SHOWED THAT I HAD SUFFERED A SEVERE
NECK INJURY (DISLOCATED AT CERVICAL 6/7)
MY NURSING CAREER CAME TO AN END.
KFSH - WAS AN AMERICAN LED HOSPITAL.EVENTUALLY
KFSH AND HCA 'MEDICALLY'TERMINATED ME ON THEIR TERMS.I DID NOT LEAVE 'VOLUNTARILY' AS WAS LATER
CLAIMED: ACCORDING TO A BRITISH LEGAL REVIEW OF MY UK MEDICAL NOTES I DID NOT HAVE A 'PRE-EXISTING'CONDITION EITHER(WHEN I LEFT THE UK)KFSHRC - CLAIMED THIS TO BE THE CASE DESPITE COMPLETING ALL THE PRE-EMPLOYMENT PAPERWORK AND MANDATORY MEDICAL EXAMINATION ORGANISED BY HEALTHCARE CORPORATION OF AMERICA. ( ON RETURN TO THE UK MARKED SPASTICITY OF BOTH LOWER LIMBS WAS PRESENT BEFORE ANY SURGERY WAS UNDERTAKEN. POST 3 MAJOR NEUROSURGERIES MY CONDITION DETERIORATED - A FURTHER MAJOR SPINAL INJURY WAS FOUND:HERNIATION OF THORACIC VERTEBRAE 11/12. I HAVE NOW BEEN IN A WHEEEELCHAIR SINCE NOVEMBER 1997 - AS THE RESULT OF SEVERE SPASTIC PARALYSIS.
HCA'S CEO: RONALD C. MARSTON-WAS AWARE FROM THE OUTSET RE: THE SEVERITY OF MY INJURIES AND ADVISED ME TO LEAVE IT TO THE HOSPITAL TO 'SORT' MATTERS OUT. EVENTUALLY WHEN I WAS US TIME-BARRED
HE STOPPED COMMUNICATING.
THE BRITISH TAXPAYER PAID FOR MY CARE AND TREATMENT; AND CONTINUES TO DO SO.
HCA - SHOWED NO CARE AND COMPASSION, LEAVING ME QUEUING UP FOR CARE ON AN OVERSTRETCHED NHS-DESPITE HAVING A NUMBER OF 'FOR PROFIT' HOSPITALS HERE IN THE UK BTHEY CONTRIBUTED NOTHING.
BRITAIN EVEN LOCATED 2 US TRAINED SAUDI LAWYERS, BASED IN RIYADH, WHO WERE UNPROFESSIONAL, UNRELIABLE, PLAYED GAMES AND THEN 'DENIED EVERYTHING'. HCA SAT BACK AND DID NOT SUPPORT ME. WHEN I SENT A MEASURED AND INTELLIGENT REPORT TO THEM IT MADE NO DIFFERENCE.
I SPENT MANY YEARS' HOSPITALISED AND REHABBING.
HCA - MADE NO ENQUIRIES REGARDING MY WELFARE.
OF COURSE, HAD I KNOWN ABOUT THEIR INVOLVEMENT IN CORPORATE FRAUD AND SCANDAL I WOULD NEVER HAVE TRUSTED THEM. I ONLY LEARNT ABOUT THIS THROUGH
MY PERSONAL EFFORTS TO HOLD THEM TO ACCOUNTABILITY FOR A FRAUDULENT CONTRACT THAT FOR EUROPEANS WAS MEANINGLESS.
WHAT IS 'HONOURABLE' ABOUT THE FRISTS' AND THEIR
CORRUPT EMPIRE-HCA? AND HOW DID SENATOR/M.D.
BILL FRIST MAKE IT TO CAPITOL HILL WITH A FAMILY HISTORY EMBEDDED IN CORRUPTION, GREED,AND APPALLING ETHICS, WHICH WERE CONSIDERED MORE IMPORTANT THAN THE HIPPOCRATIC OATH?
HCA - SERVED ME AN AWFUL DEAL. I VISITED NASHVILLE IN AUGUST WHERE I NETWORKED AND SPOKE TO OTHER'S WHO HELPED AND SUPPORTED ME.
MY MESSAGE TO HEALTHCARE CORPORATION AND THE FRIST
FAMILY IS: MY CASE AGAINST YOU HAS NOT CLOSED YET.
ONE EXPECTS HIGHER ETHICAL BEHAVIOUR FROM DOCTORS'.
THE FRISTS' HAVE HELPED TO BRING THE MEDICAL PROFESSION INTO DISREPUTE: ESPECIALLY SENATOR.M.D.
BILL FRIST WHO WORKED AS A TRANSPLANT SURGEON IN
THE UK DURING THE MID 1980'S BEFORE CRISS-CROSSING INTO POLITICS.
Posted by: ROSEMARY-LINDA HESKETT at September 5, 2004 05:49 PM
I WAS RECRUITED(HCA)IN LONDON TO WORK AS A REGISTERED NURSE AT THE KING FAISAL SPECIALIST HOSPITAL IN RIYADH SAUDI ARABIA.
MY CONTRACT DRAWN-UP BY HCA CLEARLY STATED: THAT IN THE EVENT OF WORK RELATED DEATH/SERIOUS INJURY WORKERS COMPENSATION WOULD BE PAID.
WE WERE NEVER TOLD THIS CLAUSE ONLY APPLIED TO AMERICAN CITIZENS WHO LIVED IN 1 OF THE 50 US
STATES. NEITHER WERE WE INFORMED THAT IN 1978 THE KINGDOM OF SAUDI ARABIA INTRODUCED A LAW OF IMMUNITY AGAINST ALL CLAIMS FOR PERSONAL INJURY.
(OWN RESEARCH)
I WAS 'INJURED' WHILE ON DUTY IN A PATIENT'S ROOM.
I WAS KNOCKED UNCONSCIOUS AND CONCUSSED.
MRI SCAN(S) SHOWED THAT I HAD SUFFERED A SEVERE
NECK INJURY (DISLOCATED AT CERVICAL 6/7)
MY NURSING CAREER CAME TO AN END.
KFSH - WAS AN AMERICAN LED HOSPITAL.EVENTUALLY
KFSH AND HCA 'MEDICALLY'TERMINATED ME ON THEIR TERMS.I DID NOT LEAVE 'VOLUNTARILY' AS WAS LATER
CLAIMED: ACCORDING TO A BRITISH LEGAL REVIEW OF MY UK MEDICAL NOTES I DID NOT HAVE A 'PRE-EXISTING'CONDITION EITHER(WHEN I LEFT THE UK)KFSHRC - CLAIMED THIS TO BE THE CASE DESPITE COMPLETING ALL THE PRE-EMPLOYMENT PAPERWORK AND MANDATORY MEDICAL EXAMINATION THAT WAS ORGANISED BY HEALTHCARE CORPORATION OF AMERICA. (HCA) ON RETURN TO THE UK MARKED SPASTICITY OF BOTH LOWER LIMBS WAS PRESENT BEFORE ANY SURGERY WAS UNDERTAKEN. POST 3 MAJOR NEUROSURGERIES MY CONDITION DETERIORATED - A FURTHER MAJOR SPINAL INJURY WAS FOUND:HERNIATION OF THORACIC VERTEBRAE 11/12. I HAVE NOW BEEN IN A WHEEEELCHAIR SINCE NOVEMBER 1997 - AS THE RESULT OF SEVERE SPASTIC PARALYSIS.
HCA'S CEO: RONALD C. MARSTON-WAS AWARE FROM THE OUTSET RE: THE SEVERITY OF MY INJURIES AND ADVISED ME TO LEAVE IT TO THE HOSPITAL TO 'SORT' MATTERS OUT. EVENTUALLY WHEN I WAS US TIME-BARRED
HE STOPPED COMMUNICATING.
THE BRITISH TAXPAYER PAID FOR MY CARE AND TREATMENT; AND CONTINUES TO DO SO.
HCA - SHOWED NO CARE AND COMPASSION, LEAVING ME QUEUING UP FOR CARE ON AN OVERSTRETCHED NHS-DESPITE HAVING A NUMBER OF 'FOR PROFIT' HOSPITALS HERE IN THE UK BTHEY CONTRIBUTED NOTHING.
BRITAIN EVEN LOCATED 2 US TRAINED SAUDI LAWYERS, BASED IN RIYADH, WHO WERE UNPROFESSIONAL, UNRELIABLE, PLAYED GAMES AND THEN 'DENIED EVERYTHING'. HCA SAT BACK AND DID NOT SUPPORT ME. WHEN I SENT A MEASURED AND INTELLIGENT REPORT TO THEM IT MADE NO DIFFERENCE.
I SPENT MANY YEARS' HOSPITALISED AND REHABBING.
HCA - MADE NO ENQUIRIES REGARDING MY WELFARE.
OF COURSE, HAD I KNOWN ABOUT THEIR INVOLVEMENT IN CORPORATE FRAUD AND SCANDAL I WOULD NEVER HAVE TRUSTED THEM. I ONLY LEARNT ABOUT THIS THROUGH
MY PERSONAL EFFORTS TO HOLD THEM TO ACCOUNTABILITY FOR A FRAUDULENT CONTRACT THAT FOR EUROPEANS WAS MEANINGLESS.
WHAT IS 'HONOURABLE' ABOUT THE FRISTS' AND THEIR
CORRUPT EMPIRE-HCA? AND HOW DID SENATOR/M.D.
BILL FRIST MAKE IT TO CAPITOL HILL WITH A FAMILY HISTORY EMBEDDED IN CORRUPTION, GREED,AND APPALLING ETHICS, WHICH WERE CONSIDERED MORE IMPORTANT THAN THE HIPPOCRATIC OATH?
HCA - SERVED ME AN AWFUL DEAL. I VISITED NASHVILLE IN AUGUST WHERE I NETWORKED AND SPOKE TO OTHER'S WHO HELPED AND SUPPORTED ME.
MY MESSAGE TO HEALTHCARE CORPORATION AND THE FRIST
FAMILY IS: MY CASE AGAINST YOU HAS NOT CLOSED YET.
ONE EXPECTS HIGHER ETHICAL BEHAVIOUR FROM DOCTORS'.
THE FRISTS' HAVE HELPED TO BRING THE MEDICAL PROFESSION INTO DISREPUTE: ESPECIALLY SENATOR.M.D.
BILL FRIST WHO WORKED AS A TRANSPLANT SURGEON IN
THE UK DURING THE MID 1980'S BEFORE CRISS-CROSSING INTO POLITICS.
Posted by: ROSEMARY-LINDA HESKETT at September 5, 2004 05:59 PM