Las Vegas Sun

I have a couple of horses in this race.

Personally, I have a brother in the at-risk group, having had diagnostic GI procedures in Las Vegas.

Professionally, I am an anesthesia provider who uses propofol daily. I do not reuse syringes, not even on the same patient, not ever.

McTree observed: "The nurse anesthetists are likely employees of the clinic or functioned like an employee as far as making the rules of how the work was done, that's inherently a compromising situation if you are told to do something by your boss. It's not clear who the boss was here, the doctor-owner or a clinic manager."

I respectfully disagree. The PATIENT is the boss. The PATIENT, or others to whom s/he has entrusted the responsibility, is who is signing my paycheck. The "customer's" best interest might be served well by saving money and by hastening throughput in the clinic by cutting corners, but the PATIENT's best interest is not thus served.

Two MINUTES for a colonoscopy? What is that, the "lightning round"?

There is no justification for using contaminated medications on a patient. None. Zero, zip, nada.

Jim