Another nightmare program transition

[nimbus]

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Despite warnings, All Children’s kept operating. Babies died. | Heartbroken | Investigations | Tampa Bay Times

Seen this a couple of times in my career with the same predictable outcome. New management brings in ivory tower surgeon to “improve” a program that already has an existing excellent community surgeon.

Not sure if I buy the part where the hospital CEO says he doesn’t know how much revenue the program was generating.

 

[Psai]

A 5 month old with heart defects having multiple cardiac operations is having procedures that are "straightforward"
"But advances in science and technology have made them strikingly safe."
"Instead, operations that surgeons described as low risk began failing."
????

Since when is pediatric cardiac surgery "safe" and "low risk"

 

[Mr.S]

A 5 month old with heart defects having multiple cardiac operations is having procedures that are "straightforward"
"But advances in science and technology have made them strikingly safe."
"Instead, operations that surgeons described as low risk began failing."
????

Since when is pediatric cardiac surgery "safe" and "low risk"

I think the point was that stuff didnt start going downhill until those two guys replaced the main guy who had excellent results

 

[sevoflurane]

Sad. Thanks for sharing.

 

[Mr.S]

This is what happens when you take your focus off of what "the most important thing is". The way the article reads to me is that "the mecca" wanted to expand so fast that they took their eye off of what is really important and dismissed the "competent" surgeon for the less competent "academic" surgeon. And thats when things started to suck. Really a shame.