Ryan Ginstrom wrote:

> "cc" <cpasuneadresse@spam.com> wrote in message
> news:bl19fn$nev$2@bgsv5647.tk.mesh.ad.jp...
> > I can't imagine what more explanation they could have given, all your
> > questions have been answered.
>
> Yes, he answered my questions, after much prodding and convincing him that I
> wasn't going away. The problem is one of trust. The hospital's handling of
> the incident was horrible, and the lack of transparency and accountability
> has destroyed my sense of trust in what they say and their motives.
>
> Of course, this is not just an academic question -- the needle is still in
> Bill's heart, and a decision needs to be made as to what to do about it. Now
> cc is the trusting soul,

Worse than that. She thinks patients and families have "consumer mentality" who
look for "opportunities to get a few bucks" through "absurd" trials, are stupid
people who watch too much TV. Not until confronted with such a story as the
Osaka "butchers" that came out on the same day, did she even acknowledge that
such ever goes on.

According to the same news item containing the story of the Osaka "human
experiment" case today is the finding there have been ZERO arrests for
malpractice between 1988 and 2002.

Let's read that again: ZERO arrests for malpractice between 1988 and 2002.

There is no code of silence in Japan. CC just expects us to believe that until
now, there have been no other "butchers" like the ones in Osaka. All the other
complications and deaths caused by doctors (if indeed there are any in Japan, I
am still waiting for her to demonstrate Japan has the openness to conduct
investigation to even find such figures, which readily exist in the US,
published by the medical community itself) are simple human errors.

> she might just take the doctors at their word and
> trust they have only her best interest in mind. I on the other hand am a
> cynical bastard, and have to think that a doctor who already admitted he
> would have covered this up if he could have gotten away with it is going to
> have saving his own skin pretty high up on the list of priorities when
> dispensing medical advice.
>
> That's what the second opinion was supposed to be about, what to do next.
> Not necessarily to spot negligence -- as I said, the Japanese system just
> isn't set up for that. But unfortunately, we still haven't found a hospital
> that will look at Bill's case.
>
> --
> Regards,
> Ryan Ginstrom