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India Woos Medical Tourists
aspelling writes "It's not only quality hardware and software that can be done in India for a fraction of the cost. BBC reports that India has a generation of world class doctors capable of doing joint replacement, heart, neuro and cancer surgery at their state-of-the-art facilities. Don't be surprised when your physician prescribes you a trip to Bombay. Indian officials are working hard with HMOs around the world to make this dream come true."
Free curry on your 3rd bypass.
Be you Admins? nay, we are but lusers!
Not to knock the healing hands in India, but I just can't snicker at the thought of my HMO telling me that they've outsourced my hip replacement to the cousin of the guy who replaced my job as a programmer.
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It didn't work so well for my friend Mr. McGregg, with a leg for an arm, and an arm for a leg.
I am a medical student. I still got a few years to decide but looks like surgery is not the way, maybe now I should become an ER doctor. I would be very surprised if they are outsourced in the near future.
The staff at my family doctor's office has already been replaced by immigrants from India! I guess that saves me a lot of money on a plane ticket! Wait a minute...
An HMO is kind of like the Black Knight from Monty Python, except that when *you* get both of your arms cut off, *they* say it's only a flesh wound.
If you had a bad taste in your mouth after seeing the orthodontist, it makes me wonder what else went on besides dentistry while you were under the anesthesia.
The problem is, India faces major food shortages right now. They can't wait for outsourcing to bring them the money they need. That is where my proposal comes in.
If we ship overfed American women to India, and then import the unfortunate, thin, and quite lovely Indian women back to the USA, we will finally have achieved social justice. Thank You.
Umm..Air India? The nationally owned airline?
Pay lawyer fees and awarded lawsuit damages in Indian Rupees.
Actually, I was referring to an obscure cultural reference.
Istanbul (Not Constantinople) is a song by They Might be Giants which debates where you are gonna show up for your date if it was supposed to be in Constantinople.
I didn't realize I was that obscure.
D.O.U.O.S.V.A.V.V.M.
I have a broken leg, I walk into any hospital
With a broken leg I think you'd limp into any hospital.
Trolling is a art,
Given the performance of those in the US "capitol", sending it to India would be a public service. Sending US capital there, however, is not so good.
as a practicing ob/gyn, i hope they outsource some lawyers. preferably to antartica.
there are some things that can't be outsourced still. trauma surgery and the Burger King Drive-through, for example
Supreme executive power derives from a mandate from the masses, not from some farcical aquatic ceremony.
It stands for Hey, MOe healthcare: If your foot hurts, they poke ya in the eye. Whoop whoop whoop.
mekkalekkahi-mekkahineyho
Yes but we Americans are so good the Indians are volunteering to be exploited. They want to be indentured servants, they want to trade their own culture and national sovereignty away so they can get that cushy IT contract for Coca Cola or that Human Resources outsourcing for GE. Meanwhile, all the shareholders of both companies are safely in the US and the... oh my gosh, UK.. oh wait a second, my oh my you crafty Brits.. you just traded a military empire for the behind the scenes economic one.
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I've got ferrets. I'd be happy to let one help you eradicate that ear wax for $40! They seem to go for that sort of thing... They'll also clear out any boogers you have (This would make a great Dave Barry feature...)
I'm trying to teach myself to set people on fire with my mind... Is it hot in here?
Discovery channel now announce the latest program for the next season: "Iron Surgeons" where top surgeons compete against challengers to do complex operations in the least amount of time.