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Ilsa

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3. I hope surgery is safer now than it was 40 years ago.

Reply to PADemD (Reply #2)

Sat Dec 27, 2014, 11:25 AM

Dec 2014

I hope that there would be little difference between Before and During surgeons' strikes if they occurred today. I'm not saying that the difference is only about the surgery, but I doubt it is exclusively about the doctors. Some of it has to be about surgical risks.

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When the doctor’s away, the patient is more likely to survive [View all] LiberalArkie Dec 2014 OP

Not shocked BrotherIvan Dec 2014 #1

When Doctors Go On Strike Patients Stop Dying PADemD Dec 2014 #2

I hope surgery is safer now than it was 40 years ago. Ilsa Dec 2014 #3

Me, too. PADemD Dec 2014 #5

Isn't it likely because the specialists make themselves available for procedures that attempt to Marr Dec 2014 #4