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Mon, Mar 24, 2008 (10:44 p.m.)
The massive hepatitis C scare is a defining moment in Nevada health care, for doctors, nurses, patients and lawmakers. The state's reputation has been sullied by the outbreak, and reform is necessary for it to be restored. As patients spoke out at a legislative hearing Monday night, they need to realize that they must understand their rights and be assertive when in a doctor's office, experts say. Doctors must fall on the side of patient safety, not profit; and nurses need to take an ethical stand when they see safety being compromised.
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It's fine to be assertive in a doctor's office, but when you don't know how specific procedures are to be performed - or don't have consciousness to be able to perceive it - what then? How were any of the victims of this medical agency supposed to know that they were following improper procedures? At some point, you have to trust that they know what they're doing. What we need is more government oversight and a lot less lobby influence.