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| kyle67245 2005-03-19, 6:23 pm |
| Extech was a technician who put a patient at risk and was fired on the
spot.
If he continues to violate his contract we will supoena his true
identity and file suit against him. I hope he has the good sense to
stop. I hope Google has the good sense to prevent him from making
unlawful posts.
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| serebel 2005-03-19, 6:23 pm |
| Maybe he was or wasn't, we here don't care about such things. Who
knows, maybe he'll answer your accusation in this thread.
SErebel
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| Glenn - USAEyes.org 2005-03-19, 6:23 pm |
| Or maybe one of the regulars from this newsgroup who is parroting
what was told from a former employee. Direct or indirect, the source
would appear to be an insider, considering all the details described.
Glenn Hagele
Executive Director
Council for Refractive Surgery Quality Assurance
Email to glenn dot hagele at usaeyes dot org
http://www.USAEyes.org
http://www.ComplicatedEyes.org
I am not a doctor.
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| Ragnar 2005-03-19, 6:23 pm |
| I will assume that what you say is true... but I have one question.
How does a technician put a patient at risk? I can't think of
anything a technician does that could be dangerous.
On 28 Feb 2005 17:20:57 -0800, kyle67245@aol.com (kyle67245) wrote:
>Extech was a technician who put a patient at risk and was fired on the
>spot.
>If he continues to violate his contract we will supoena his true
>identity and file suit against him. I hope he has the good sense to
>stop. I hope Google has the good sense to prevent him from making
>unlawful posts.
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| Sandy - LASIKdisaster.com - LASIKmemorial.com 2005-03-19, 6:23 pm |
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Ragnar wrote:
> I will assume that what you say is true... but I have one question.
> How does a technician put a patient at risk? I can't think of
> anything a technician does that could be dangerous.
>
How about incorrectly assemblying a microkeratome? Incorrectly
entering the patient's data into the computer? Putting the wrong drops
in a patient's eyes? Not telling the patient that the surgeon is
known as "the butcher"? Covering up mistakes, along with the surgeon?
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| extech 2005-03-19, 6:23 pm |
| Kyle67245 i dont know who you are and apparently you certainly dont
know who i am. I am not the person you are speaking of. I came to my
senses along with a lot of others and quit. What I say I can prove. I
am not aware of the actions sandy speaks of regarding any techs i
knew. Perhaps this happened after i and others quit a few years ago.
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| theOmega 2005-03-19, 6:23 pm |
| I think Sandy is talking in general.
But I agree that there is a lot of responsibility placed on a tech that
could endanger a patient's well being that doesn't fall on the
surgeon's shoulders.
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| serebel 2005-03-19, 6:23 pm |
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theOmega wrote:
> I think Sandy is talking in general.
>
> But I agree that there is a lot of responsibility placed on a tech
that
> could endanger a patient's well being that doesn't fall on the
> surgeon's shoulders.
True, but ultimately the surgeon has to check the tech's work.
SErebel
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| theOmega 2005-03-19, 6:23 pm |
| And how should the surgeon reprimand the tech for making a mistake? If
the mistake could potentially affect a person's vision for a lifetime
why should the tech get another chance to make another mistake? That's
a liability I wouldn't want.
BTW, this is not in reference to extech. He mentioned he quit.
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| Sandy - LASIKdisaster.com - LASIKmemorial.com 2005-03-19, 6:23 pm |
| The incidents I mentioned were not with regard to anyone connected with
Boothe's center and I did not claim that they were. The latter two
were my own experience. The first three were the experiences of other
victims of bad lasik. Since the microkeratome used during my surgery
jammed in my eye, it is possible that it was incorrectly assembled as
well.
Techs don't have to have malpractice insurance, and some surgeons have
attempted to point a finger at them in malpractice cases.
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| Ragnar 2005-03-19, 6:23 pm |
| I recall one incident with one of YOUR surgeons having his tech put
the data in the computer wrong (he caught it before he pushed the
button). The surgeon was at fault for not doing it HIMSELF to begin
with. With wavefront, no human inputs the data.. there is too much
data to do that. The data is fed from the aberrometer directly to the
laser.
I'm still waiting for that person who claims extech put the patient at
risk to explain just what the tech did that was so awful. It's hard
to have an opinion when no facts are given.
On 1 Mar 2005 08:39:56 -0800, "Sandy - LASIKdisaster.com -
LASIKmemorial.com" <sandy@savvysneaks.com> wrote:
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>Ragnar wrote:
>How about incorrectly assemblying a microkeratome? Incorrectly
>entering the patient's data into the computer? Putting the wrong drops
>in a patient's eyes? Not telling the patient that the surgeon is
>known as "the butcher"? Covering up mistakes, along with the surgeon?
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| Lord Frag 2005-03-19, 6:23 pm |
| Ragnar barfed:
> I recall one incident with one of YOUR surgeons having his tech put
> the data in the computer wrong (he caught it before he pushed the
> button). The surgeon was at fault for not doing it HIMSELF to begin
> with. With wavefront, no human inputs the data.. there is too much
> data to do that. The data is fed from the aberrometer directly to the
> laser.
> I'm still waiting for that person who claims extech put the patient at
> risk to explain just what the tech did that was so awful. It's hard
> to have an opinion when no facts are given.
Doesn't seem to stop many people in here does it! :-)
(not meaning you Ragnar!)
--
Lord Frag of Legworthiness
BOTAFOT#6, exKoTBOTAFOTL, UKRMHRC#11, BOD#7
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| Lord Frag 2005-03-19, 6:23 pm |
| theOmega barfed:
> And how should the surgeon reprimand the tech for making a mistake? If
> the mistake could potentially affect a person's vision for a lifetime
> why should the tech get another chance to make another mistake? That's
> a liability I wouldn't want.
>
> BTW, this is not in reference to extech. He mentioned he quit.
There should be systems in place so that any mistakes are caught before
getting near the patient.
Humans are humans, they make mistakes from time to time, that cannot be
avoided. What can be done is to implement systems that catch these
mistakes.
(ok, double checking things may still let mistakes through if *both*
people make the same mistake, but the odds of that happening are much,
much slimmer)
--
Lord Frag of Legworthiness
BOTAFOT#6, exKoTBOTAFOTL, UKRMHRC#11, BOD#7
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| Sandy - LASIKdisaster.com - LASIKmemorial.com 2005-03-19, 6:23 pm |
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Ragnar wrote:
> I recall one incident with one of YOUR surgeons having his tech put
> the data in the computer wrong (he caught it before he pushed the
> button).
Not so.
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