Comments for scan man's notes http://www.catscanman.net/blog random noise, nebulous views & artifacts Wed, 20 Aug 2008 12:07:58 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 Comment on Mobile Blogging. by rlbates http://www.catscanman.net/blog/2008/08/mobile-blogging/#comment-46165 rlbates Wed, 20 Aug 2008 11:55:36 +0000 http://www.catscanman.net/blog/?p=542#comment-46165 Vijay, I admire them too. I also am impressed with you blogging from your mobile phone. Good work! Vijay, I admire them too. I also am impressed with you blogging from your mobile phone. Good work!

]]> Comment on scanmanitol - get some from your radiologist today. by Lakshmi http://www.catscanman.net/blog/2008/08/scanmanitol/#comment-46155 Lakshmi Sun, 17 Aug 2008 16:06:41 +0000 http://www.catscanman.net/blog/?p=538#comment-46155 Ah, so THATs what makes you what you are, huh? Ah, so THATs what makes you what you are, huh?

]]> Comment on scanmanitol - get some from your radiologist today. by enjay http://www.catscanman.net/blog/2008/08/scanmanitol/#comment-46153 enjay Sun, 17 Aug 2008 11:43:10 +0000 http://www.catscanman.net/blog/?p=538#comment-46153 Super cool! Super cool!

]]> Comment on Happy Independence Day. by Lekhni http://www.catscanman.net/blog/2008/08/happy-independence-day/#comment-46149 Lekhni Fri, 15 Aug 2008 14:27:56 +0000 http://www.catscanman.net/blog/?p=534#comment-46149 Lovely picture! Lovely picture!

]]> Comment on Happy Independence Day. by rlbates http://www.catscanman.net/blog/2008/08/happy-independence-day/#comment-46148 rlbates Fri, 15 Aug 2008 12:02:31 +0000 http://www.catscanman.net/blog/?p=534#comment-46148 Vijay, I love where you got the picture!!! Vijay, I love where you got the picture!!!

]]> Comment on Happy Independence Day. by Cuckoo http://www.catscanman.net/blog/2008/08/happy-independence-day/#comment-46147 Cuckoo Fri, 15 Aug 2008 09:51:51 +0000 http://www.catscanman.net/blog/?p=534#comment-46147 Wish you Happy Independence Day too. Wish you Happy Independence Day too.

]]> Comment on The Big Read. by Vijay http://www.catscanman.net/blog/2008/07/the-big-read/#comment-46146 Vijay Fri, 15 Aug 2008 02:15:20 +0000 http://www.catscanman.net/blog/?p=484#comment-46146 <strong>Kali</strong>: Who said anything about this being '<em>West Worship</em>.' It's just a blog meme with a random list of books, albeit with a pronounced western slant because it originated in the west. If you took a few minutes to explore my blog you would understand how wrong you are when you accuse me of 'west worship.' That is ignorant and rude. Get off your high horse and come to India to practice medicine if you love the motherland so much and don't want it going to hell. <em>PS</em>. FYI I haven't read Charlotte's Web, and I don't intend to. The least you could have done is check my read & suggested reading list at the end of the post. Please see # 8 & 9. Kali: Who said anything about this being ‘West Worship.’ It’s just a blog meme with a random list of books, albeit with a pronounced western slant because it originated in the west.

If you took a few minutes to explore my blog you would understand how wrong you are when you accuse me of ‘west worship.’ That is ignorant and rude.

Get off your high horse and come to India to practice medicine if you love the motherland so much and don’t want it going to hell.

PS. FYI I haven’t read Charlotte’s Web, and I don’t intend to. The least you could have done is check my read & suggested reading list at the end of the post. Please see # 8 & 9.

]]> Comment on The Big Read. by Kali http://www.catscanman.net/blog/2008/07/the-big-read/#comment-46143 Kali Thu, 14 Aug 2008 20:23:06 +0000 http://www.catscanman.net/blog/?p=484#comment-46143 I am a physician now practising in the US and trained at a very good med school in India ie I am not stupid. But what is with all this West Worship. Could you not find some worthy books to read by Indian authors? Charlotte's Web indeed! Idia will go to hell - superpower or no - unless everyone sheds this slavish colonial mentality. I am a physician now practising in the US and trained at a very good med school in India ie I am not stupid. But what is with all this West Worship. Could you not find some worthy books to read by Indian authors? Charlotte’s Web indeed!
Idia will go to hell - superpower or no - unless everyone sheds this slavish colonial mentality.

]]> Comment on Why does a CT scan cost so much in the USA? by John http://www.catscanman.net/blog/2007/10/why-does-a-ct-scan-cost-so-much-in-the-usa/#comment-46127 John Sun, 10 Aug 2008 04:01:29 +0000 http://www.catscanman.net/blog/?p=267#comment-46127 In around 2002 in Asheville, North Carolina I called "911" and wanted to ask to just talk to a counsellor as I had no phonebook and theyt asked if I was ok and as soon as I finished talking with the 911 person I felt better and she asked if I still wanted the ER car to come pick me up and I said no thanks, I'm fine now. Yet the ER Ambulance came anyway and forced me to lie down on their "bed" and they carried me to the car even if I could walk by myself and I was asking if they just leavem but they talked me into this smooth procedure at the hospital etc. Being from Europe I assumed the medical care was free in USA (dummy!) and so I went to the hospital in Asheville, NC where they kept me for 4 hours, doing a CAT Scan etc. etc. even if all I had was some kind of panic attack! Then they let me go, but I said how am I going to get back home for a 20 mile drive!? They assumed I have friends or relatives to pick me up, but I had no one. I didn't even have a chance to grab a coat, a jacket, let alone shoes! Let alone take a quick shower! So there I was in winter barefoot with house slippers with a t-shirt walking around hospital trying to get a ride home and they let me use their phone to call a taxi cab, which charged $55 and arrived in about 1 hour late. OK, I was back home, all "saliced up" by cat scan and calm like a stone, no more panic attack, especially when later I received an almost $4000 bill from that hpospital. I think cat scan was about $1800, the one-way "ride" was $800, etc. Which made my mouth paralysed for a few hours... Later I found out they charge so much to compensate all others who never pay... Wow, that was a huge bill to pay almost $4000, but now you're saing $6500 for a cat scan alone!!?? I though $1800 for a cat scan was a rip-off! I expected figures in the hundreds and I thought the most will be free except perhaps some small charges like $150 which was also a lot for me having a salary of only $1100 a month. Please tell me where is the best mildest climate in India. I'm moving to India right away! In around 2002 in Asheville, North Carolina I called “911″ and wanted to ask to just talk to a counsellor as I had no phonebook and theyt asked if I was ok and as soon as I finished talking with the 911 person I felt better and she asked if I still wanted the ER car to come pick me up and I said no thanks, I’m fine now. Yet the ER Ambulance came anyway and forced me to lie down on their “bed” and they carried me to the car even if I could walk by myself and I was asking if they just leavem but they talked me into this smooth procedure at the hospital etc. Being from Europe I assumed the medical care was free in USA (dummy!) and so I went to the hospital in Asheville, NC where they kept me for 4 hours, doing a CAT Scan etc. etc. even if all I had was some kind of panic attack! Then they let me go, but I said how am I going to get back home for a 20 mile drive!? They assumed I have friends or relatives to pick me up, but I had no one. I didn’t even have a chance to grab a coat, a jacket, let alone shoes! Let alone take a quick shower! So there I was in winter barefoot with house slippers with a t-shirt walking around hospital trying to get a ride home and they let me use their phone to call a taxi cab, which charged $55 and arrived in about 1 hour late. OK, I was back home, all “saliced up” by cat scan and calm like a stone, no more panic attack, especially when later I received an almost $4000 bill from that hpospital. I think cat scan was about $1800, the one-way “ride” was $800, etc. Which made my mouth paralysed for a few hours… Later I found out they charge so much to compensate all others who never pay… Wow, that was a huge bill to pay almost $4000, but now you’re saing $6500 for a cat scan alone!!?? I though $1800 for a cat scan was a rip-off! I expected figures in the hundreds and I thought the most will be free except perhaps some small charges like $150 which was also a lot for me having a salary of only $1100 a month.

Please tell me where is the best mildest climate in India. I’m moving to India right away!

]]> Comment on The Abortion Debate Begins in India. by A Friend. http://www.catscanman.net/blog/2008/08/abortion-debate-begins-in-india/#comment-46124 A Friend. Sat, 09 Aug 2008 13:37:19 +0000 http://www.catscanman.net/blog/?p=512#comment-46124 I followed this from your Twitter. My idea is, if they had not gone to the court it would have solved their problem (albeit illegally) but some one has to stand up and fight and get an amendment for this kind of problem. So I appreciate this couple for putting up a fight and doing the right thing. Second, complete heart block can be corrected with a pace maker as long as there are no other associated fatal problems. So if we cannot accept this flaw and want to kill a life, what is to guarantee that we will not abort for even minor things, say because I did not like the profile of my kid in the USG? Unless the child is going to go through lot of quality of life problems, I think we should accept what comes to us. I followed this from your Twitter.
My idea is, if they had not gone to the court it would have solved their problem (albeit illegally) but some one has to stand up and fight and get an amendment for this kind of problem. So I appreciate this couple for putting up a fight and doing the right thing.

Second, complete heart block can be corrected with a pace maker as long as there are no other associated fatal problems. So if we cannot accept this flaw and want to kill a life, what is to guarantee that we will not abort for even minor things, say because I did not like the profile of my kid in the USG? Unless the child is going to go through lot of quality of life problems, I think we should accept what comes to us.

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