Understandable, but ...
Posted By: Mmmhm on 2009-04-02
In Reply to: I have something to say here sm - In the know
The issue here is that MT is looked upon by everyone on the other side of the chart as a necessary evil, something they're forced to do, and largely unimportant in the actual physical care of the patient.
The problem is that this has led to shoddy regulations in terms of education of MTs. We don't HAVE to be good to be certified (because we don't have to be certified), and for dozens of years now, predatory "schools" have glorified MT as the solution for stay-at-home moms who neither want nor have the ability to understand medical language.
The problem isn't so much that American workers are lazy or of poor quality. It's that MT has NEVER been looked at as a whole (at least in the last 15 years that I've done it) as anything that takes skill or dedication.
Perhaps if MT required certification in order to "practice" (like just about every other profession in health care), the quality from all US MTs would skyrocket.
Of course, that would also mean a big raise in pay for MTs, so I would imagine that, for an MT company and for the hospitals and clinics, they'd just as soon get as cheap of work as they possibly can and forgo quality and accuracy.
Which brings it all back full-circle to offshoring.
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Understandable.
Although from the posts I have read, they aren't in those situations. I am sorry that I generalized. I haven't seen anyone complaining about their wages of $20+/hr complaining though that they have 2 families to take care of or outrageous medical bills. If I had seen those posts, maybe I wouldn't have been so quick to generalize. Again, I apologize for anyone that I might have offended by generalizing. To those struggling on what you do make and cannot possibly cut costs anywhere, get another job, or move, then I hope that things start to look better for you. Again, I apologize if I offended anyone.
That's understandable...since everyone posting here is always...
so full of love  , it's easy to get on the defensive, right? Heck, I feel I'd better duck every time I post. 
That to me is a very understandable mistake (sm)
I'm betting he does not end the report by saying his name - so you just assumed it was the same doctor each time and nothing jolted you to let you think otherwise - very understandable in my mind - I did secretarial work for 25 years before this and have done this for 13 - totally think innocent mistake - proud of you for owning up to it and not defending it - you made the mistake, corrected it and moved on - enough said. Chin up - you are still a good MT!!
Two weeks is understandable. I wouldn't expect anybody to be able to
store that much water. However, the thing that set me off was the people who didn't even stock enough water for ONE day. That's all I was saying. The people who didn't even try to stock up are taking away necessities from people who really need it.
FWIW, in a true matter of survival, you can fill the bathtub (beforehand), collect rainwater or use the water in the back of the toilet tank as long as you didn't put chemicals in it. It can be either boiled or add drops of chlorine bleach to purify. That'd be preferable to urine.
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