Saturday, June 28, 2008

DOCTORS UNDER THE INFLUENCE????

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/06/26/eveningnews/main4213269.shtml

Estimates say drug-company payments to doctors go as high as $57 billion a year. Maybe this is the reason the physician was so eager to inject the procrit drug into our mother's body even when he was instructed not to. The PROCRIT injection costs $2,000.00 per injection. I have researched the drug maker, Johnson and Johnson, and discovered they reward physicians with rebates and cash for using the drug PROCRIT. There are a hand full of Congressman currently investigating this problem.
It will be interesting to find out how much the Abilene physician has and continues to receive from the drug company.
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Abilene, Texas, United States
My name is Gary Reed and I live in Abilene, Texas. In 2007, my mother was in Abilene Regional Medical Center. She and her family had repeatedly instructed the physicians and hospital staff NOT to give a specific drug (procrit)to her as it was the cause of her being there in the first place. However, she was injected with the drug again, sent to CCU, and never recovered. Since then, I have met with numerous other families who have reported similiar experiences with Abilene Regional Medical Center. For one year, I have attempted to dicuss this with ARMC staff and physicians and they have refused. I have also spoken with the attorney for the hospital in Houston, Texas. He admitted there were problems at the hospital and they would be contacting me soon to discuss these issues. It never happened. I will share as much information as possible here. Some I will not share at this time. If you or someone you know has experienced problems with this hospital, please contact me at: gnr99a@hotmail.com