How Do You Miss A Broken Neck?!

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Medical Service in UAE Jan 29, 2007
In the early part of this topic a question was raised as to how come there are a lot of mistakes committed in the medical field in the UAE.

I am not surprised at all based on what I heard and read on the news lately.

A man was posing as a certified doctor in the UAE, was able to pass his credentials as authentic with the MOH, and was actually allowed to practice medicine in the UAE.

It is only when his colleagues started noticing wrong diagnosis and methods was the alarm raised.

Can you imagine if this ompostor operated on you or on your love one?

How can this happen, are the rules and regulations in the medical field in the UAE that lax?

Scary..... :cry:

opn a personal note:

My mother had her appendix out, within a couple of days she was suffering from severe stomach pains.

One night her wound from the operaiton suddenly burst and foul smelling blood spurted out (pls. excuse the description). We had to rush her to the hospital or else she would have been poisoned by the rotten blood.

There was something wrong with the initial operation which caused an infection and the actual stiches were not done right.

Guess which hospital??? Rashid.....<------

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Jan 29, 2007
had a car accident on boxing day and was taken o the american hospital for xrays as they thought i had broken my shoulder the xrays didn't show it and they said i could go back to work.
i was in alot of pain but went bac as i was told i did a flightat new year and had to dead head back i went to a different doc who gave me an ultrasound to check inside my shoulder which showed i had torn the tendons as a result i am going back to work for the first time tomorrow and have been off all month having psyiso.
why they didn't check the muscle that day is beyond me and clould have saved me alot of pain.
i know it's not as bad as a broken neck but yet another mistake by the america hospital
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Feb 02, 2007
Bleakus wrote:i know that rashid hospital are awesome ;)


Are you kidding? I interned with a medical equipment supply firm, and I heard first-hand accounts of them killing people thru stupidity.
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Feb 02, 2007
MaaaD wrote:i dont understand why the healthcare standards in the UAE are rubbish. Can someone in the field explain ?

IMHO there are so many doctors in Dubai's American/European/International/whatever hospitals who are just instant doctors who might be just graduated. Proudly put all their EU/UK/US degrees in the business card and place of practice. Hijacked by hospital businessmen to build instant hospitals/clinics. But sometimes can't investigate even a simple disease (in fact the patient itself tells the disease). I've seen many times in some of these hospitals and I can tell if they are experienced or not.
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Sep 23, 2008
Sounds to me that its not just the docs that are screwing up but the Radiologist not reading the xrays right. Are they doing MRI's ? Always assume the worst and hope for the best especially when it comes to cervical area. I have had patients and even coworkers try to refuse transport to the hospital after a rear end collision but i insist they go every time because you can't treat it if you can't see it. We had a girl who did just that.. refused to go to the hospital, finally her mother took her to a minor med clinic instead of ER cause she didn't want the ambulance bill ( i told her to send the city 5.00 a month on it but please let us take her and she still refused) she had a fx , C4. very very lucky girl to be walking today. In America these damn insurance companies are almost at fault too by telling the ER physicians what they can and can't order and to release the patient, let the radiologist read the report the following day. So many times we had to call the patient at home and tell them an ambulance was on the way to pick them back up because they had a serious fx that needed immediate care. Sickens me. For the past 4 years every trauma call I work, i follow up at the hospital to find out the diagnosis and what test were done and I do an addendum to my run ticket and keep it in my own file cabinet at home. Due to Hippa, i white out the patients name/info.. but i have the run ticket number just in case i'm ever pulled into court. I dont trust these hospitals.
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Sep 23, 2008
arniegang wrote:I am gobsmacked at this. Even for a basic "first - aider" in work etc, the advice is that if a neck injury is even micro suspect, you DO NOT move the casualty. There are NO exceptions to this.

I think my medical qualifications amount to a first aid certificate from school about 100 years ago, and even I know that. Does that mean AH doctors don't even have a first aid certificate?

On the other hand, I took someone with a life-threatening injury to AH a while ago and the doctor I was dealing with struck me as extremely competent and knowledgeable.

arniegang wrote: and listen to the docs advice

Unless they're from AH ;) ...

I hope it all turns out for the best for your friend C.
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Nov 08, 2008
What about boob jobs ? Fly me there, pick me up in a limousine for my boob job... LOL
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Nov 12, 2008
Melanie wrote:What about boob jobs ? Fly me there, pick me up in a limousine for my boob job... LOL


...and a stretcher for hubby?

Hahahahaha!

:lol: :lol: :lol:

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Very interesting Dec 24, 2008
Hi,

Everyone knows that healthcare here is terrible, but local media rarely find examples to shock the powers at be out of their antipathy.

I'm a reporter for the Khaleej Times and was wondering if anyone knew more about this story, they could call me on the number below or email me on martin at khaleejtimes dotcom.

More than happy for any information to be off the record, meaning I won't quote you or use your name in the paper.

Thanks for your help,

Martin Croucher
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Re: Very interesting Dec 24, 2008
m_croucher9 wrote:Hi,

Everyone knows that healthcare here is terrible, but local media rarely find examples to shock the powers at be out of their antipathy.

I'm a reporter for the Khaleej Times and was wondering if anyone knew more about this story, they could call me on the number below or email me on martin at khaleejtimes dotcom.

More than happy for any information to be off the record, meaning I won't quote you or use your name in the paper.

Thanks for your help,

Martin Croucher
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Hi Martin,

You don't have enough posts to ask the original poster (Chocs) via pm, so will send her a message on your behalf to check this post.

8) 8) 8)

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Dec 24, 2008
You're a gentleman (or dame)

Many thanks

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