Like everyone else I've been wondering what's been going on with Steve Jobs, founder and CEO of Apple Computers. Well, it turns out that he had a liver transplant. There's info at Apple 2.0 blog:
Who leaked the story? Daring Fireball’s John Gruber, remarking on how unusual it is for the Wall Street Journal
to run a front page news item without offering any information about
its source, suggests three theories: 1) A healthcare provider, without
Jobs’ permission, 2) Apple’s (AAPL)
public relations department, with Jobs’ permission, or 3) someone on
Apple’s board of directors, without Jobs’ knowledge or permission.
to run a front page news item without offering any information about
its source, suggests three theories: 1) A healthcare provider, without
Jobs’ permission, 2) Apple’s (AAPL)
public relations department, with Jobs’ permission, or 3) someone on
Apple’s board of directors, without Jobs’ knowledge or permission.
It says something about the state of the news media today that it was a
blogger in San Francisco, not a reporter in Memphis, who seems to have
tracked down Steve Jobs’ Tennessee whereabouts.
From some of the comments I read at other sites about this news, a lot of people are angry about this. How can Jobs be the “sickest patient on the waiting list”? Seems that the hospital that did the surgery saw dollar signs and a “free publicity” opportunity to make more money.
Doctors are the number one killers in America. Not car accidents, plane crashes or cancer. Doctors. Healthcare has become so expensive that those who REALLY do need to have treatments cannot afford it unless if doctors and hospitals can screw your health insurance over real good.
Put the blame for healthcare cost where it really belongs. Greedy doctors and big pharmaceutical companies. The medical industry is not in the business of “saving lives”. They are in the business of generating death. Death makes them money. Not life. Not natural items, herbs and plants.
In essence, doctors who take the “hippocratic oath” of “do no harm” are just hypocrites. Knowledge is power. You have to be your own doctor, medical advocate and do your own research. Because if you don’t, the choice will be made for you. And the choice won’t be in your “best interest”.