When I first heard about the lawsuit in which Louisiana attorneys sued a hospital system because it didn’t prepare well enough for Hurricane Katrina, I thought they were kidding. Really? Hospitals have to be built to withstand hurricanes and flooding from one of the deadliest and costliest storms in American history?
Now I see the absolute futility in trying to use logic to defend against lawsuits.
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WhiteCoat is a middle-aged ED physician who likes computers, martial arts, and taking pictures of sunsets. He has an amazing wife who willingly puts up with all of his idiosyncrasies and four great kids who don’t have any choice. Despite all of his whining, he couldn’t see himself doing anything else but practicing medicine.
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