Post by Clipper on Apr 12, 2009 11:22:26 GMT -5
I wouldn't measure medical care in the US by what happens at St Luke's and St Elizabeth's. They are both relatively small hospitals with limited resources compared to larger cities and larger hospitals. We have excellent medical care here in Tennessee, and I am sure that Albany and Syracuse have better options in the larger hospitals.
Look how long it took for St E's to get on board with a heart surgery program. Everyone went to Elmira for years and years. Upstate Medical Center has always been the place to go for advanced treatment options if you lived in Utica-Rome, and now Basset Healthcare in Cooperstown is another highly acclaimed facility, used by area patients, with special needs.
My son lives in a small town in Ohio. Even THEY have a hospital in Lima Ohio that makes St Luke's look like an urgent care outpatient clinic. Here in the South, we have "Med Parks" surrrounding our modern and new hospitals. There is a Med park here that has EVERY single specialty available to man, within walking distance of the hospital, and it draws a great number of young and vibrant doctors with the latest in medical advances to offer the community.
I guess in Utica and Rome, the money simply is not there to compete with places like the teaching hospitals in the larger cities, like Albany and Syracuse. I guess the real estate is not available to have Med Parks surrounding the hospitals. The Northeast is old, and the cities are old and run down in many cases. It is hard to find the resources and the inspiration to build modern facilities in small cities with little or no growth. That is a sad but true fact. I don't know the answers to bringing the Northeast into the 21st century, but if we don't find it soon, the Northeast is going to be a ghost town.
Look how long it took for St E's to get on board with a heart surgery program. Everyone went to Elmira for years and years. Upstate Medical Center has always been the place to go for advanced treatment options if you lived in Utica-Rome, and now Basset Healthcare in Cooperstown is another highly acclaimed facility, used by area patients, with special needs.
My son lives in a small town in Ohio. Even THEY have a hospital in Lima Ohio that makes St Luke's look like an urgent care outpatient clinic. Here in the South, we have "Med Parks" surrrounding our modern and new hospitals. There is a Med park here that has EVERY single specialty available to man, within walking distance of the hospital, and it draws a great number of young and vibrant doctors with the latest in medical advances to offer the community.
I guess in Utica and Rome, the money simply is not there to compete with places like the teaching hospitals in the larger cities, like Albany and Syracuse. I guess the real estate is not available to have Med Parks surrounding the hospitals. The Northeast is old, and the cities are old and run down in many cases. It is hard to find the resources and the inspiration to build modern facilities in small cities with little or no growth. That is a sad but true fact. I don't know the answers to bringing the Northeast into the 21st century, but if we don't find it soon, the Northeast is going to be a ghost town.
