StrypeyMay 18, 2019
> "We need you to call the hospital and ask them to fax us the records. 'Fax'? Why not send clay tablets in wicker baskets on the back of a donkey?"
https://meaningness.com/metablog/post-apocalyptic-health-care
Show threadStrypeyMay 18, 2019
Contrast this with my wife coming down with a crippling illness here in China. We went straight to the nearest hospital with a Mandarin speaking friend. We were in and out, with a diagnosis and medicine, in a couple of hours. The care (including a blood test) )was cheap enough that we could afford to pay cash, and my wife's employer will reimburse us (she has health insurance in her contract).
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> "It’s like one those post-apocalyptic science fiction novels whose characters hunt wild boars with spears in the ruins of a modern city. Surrounded by machines no one understands any longer, they have reverted to primitive technology."

He paints such a vivid picture. Indeed it reminds me of a quote from one of #KenMcleod's novels (The Star Fraction?) about how the green anti-tech freaks master dozens of DIY technologies, "while we wander like savages in our own cities"

May 18, 2019 at 11:14amWeb
Show threadAlex@rtnVFRmedia Suffolk UKMay 18, 2019

@strypey Britain (or at least England) still uses faxes for exchanging patient data; especially for long term residential care for seniors and other patients with chronic health conditions - these usually have mixed private and public funding (both NHS and local authority).

The difference is over here we treat the patients first, and argue about the money later..

Show threadStrypeyMay 18, 2019
@vfrmedia ... which is what you do if you haven't put the assylum under the control of the lunatics (ie accountants) 😜