I'll respond to this one by one.
- Yes but also partly because their widespread use has been established. Iow its cost is offset BY its widespread use.
- So is MRI
- Love how the sun argument is so casually thrown around. 0.4% of U.S. cancer cases is estimated to be caused by CT scans. With the 2007 rate of scans this estimate is expected by some to rise to as much as 1.5-2%. They are clearly not so safe as the sun. For one thing the radiation is different and the real metric used is to compare it to similar exposures experienced during the atomic bomb explosions in Japan.
BS. Do you know what radiation is ? Because from what im reading you dont. Sigh yes our patients are still triggering geiger counter's 10 years after a CT. For the record a MRI doesnt emit any radition in the sense you thinking of. (i will give you a tip check ionizing radiation)
MRI is around and its more expensive than CT because of the COST TO RUN. An MRI unit will have 2000 liters of liquid helium to super cool its magnet. Do you know how much liquid helium costs ? R100 per litre in SA. Why BECUASE MRI IS A SUPERCONDUCTING MAGNET, you cant mise on the temperature then the machine wont work properly
Of course it's experimental. The thing is you can have one for US$50,000. The experimental part is in refining it to make it even better. It is said that a medical advancement takes on average 20 years to reach mass market. Why that is nobody can tell as it's always available and needed well before that.
Because its experimental ... stop arguing for the sake of it.
Not the doctor referring you. As someone here said it's owned by an outside party and all the doctors have access to it. Or do they all chip in X amount to pay for it?
They are wrong. They are owned by the radiology practice. Life, netcare, mediclinic have no say in what machines are placed within these rooms. The hospital owns the radiology wing nothing else. Not even their staff within the department. Gosh you dont even know how referals work.
They turn a profit alright. A pretty big one. But you're ignoring the point that everything the doctor does is charged for separately so you can't claim all those extras are included in the consultation fee.
Show me where you were charged for electricity ? you sat in the nicely air conditioned room ? show me where you were billed for the paper the script was issued from. Come post up your bill, as an out paitent there is no way you getting billied for all running expenses, HENCE THE FEE. His business he can charge what he wants, you cant have a say and you dont have a say. Just like the price of nike shoes in edgars. Cant afford it SHAME.
You really are full of yourself acting like all those degrees always mean you know better than the patient
LOL because generally we do the lay person reads a few things on the net they think they a) understand what they are reading B) comprehend the medical language C) able to relate it to the most complex device known to man (and you did what? 45 minutes of reading WOW), you know what we in the medical profession call patients like you ? ... idiots. We laugh our asses off over tea and coffee and we let your attitude be doesnt matter when your body declines in a good years you will pay the price and it usually comes back to us
... keep thinking you know more. What you just described is rubbish as well LOL.
You cant learn to swim by reading on the internet ...
Completely ignoring the argument
No you too stupid to even understand the point. Sigh really can a person be THIS DUMB.
They do a couple of tests and cherry pick the single result they want IGNORING the others
Its called investigation. Its easy to say with the power of hindsight. Then again I doubt you even understand this.
In reality it's estimated the figures are far higher
In reality ITS ESTIMATED ? please explain. Have you ever been in a clinical situation ? how many patients you see a day ? please enlighten me ? where do you even get this garbage from ? your @ss is not a source of information.
You speak as if you have EXPERIENCE. Anyone will tell you theory means **** WITHOUT EXPERIENCE, whether you a programmer, engineer, surgeon, chemist, plumber, electrician, mechanic .... EXPERIENCE is everything. I can find you theory saying that putting healthy fecal matter in the large intestine helps with IBS ... will you go tell people to start eating s**t ?
If they were really trying to minimise spending so much why did they pay the full rate then? Why is it only the doctors that hiked their rates? Explain THAT.
Its the law of the state.
I was in state hospital so I know what it's supposed to be like. It isn't supposed to be perfect but it was good back then. They even had the most modern equipment, which ironically was causing the problems. 10 years later I couldn't recognise the place as the same.
Its the same, just the paint has faded. Funding is used elsewhere. You were a patient once, Ive worked there for years seen 1000s of patients. The last meeting I remember we saw 800 out patients a day on average for the entire year we had a total of 4 incidences (things like the disabled patient feel of his wheel chair, ok that sad but so ? guys with stabs wounds and ER cases and we must worry about a oke that fell he wont die he can wait). The media likes to blow things out of proportion. This is like saying every arab is a terrorist - same thing you will die in state care.
Swa you clearly have no idea what you are talking about. You dont know how the business works (or any business for that matter). You have no idea on the law. Your biology skills are just very sad. You think your arguements are good but they are s**t. Every so called reason you claim is "estimated" "couldve" or simply made up come the first search result that google gets you, then you rave about it like you have a dissitation.
this is the last time im responding to your garbage, you can carry on its fine. Though you making yourself look silly. Have a nice day
