Whistle blowers

[Kevbot]

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A while back (2003) I read about the resident from Johns Hopkins who blew the whistle so that residents would no longer have to work 100+ hours/week.

If anyone has read the December 2004 issue of The New Physician, it describes another whistle blower. Only this time, from what I've read, this doctor was only writing incident reports because nurses had been giving inaccurate meds. The doctor was only trying to protect the safety of his patients and he lost everything.

Maybe there is more to it than what the article leads on, but I thought it is important that someone bring these issues up since it will affect us all in years to come.

 

[Dr JPH]

A while back (2003) I read about the resident from Johns Hopkins who blew the whistle so that residents would no longer have to work 100+ hours/week.

If anyone has read the December 2004 issue of The New Physician, it describes another whistle blower. Only this time, from what I've read, this doctor was only writing incident reports because nurses had been giving inaccurate meds. The doctor was only trying to protect the safety of his patients and he lost everything.

Maybe there is more to it than what the article leads on, but I thought it is important that someone bring these issues up since it will affect us all in years to come.

I am not familiar with the second story you mentioned, but the first one I did read about. Unfortunately our society recognizes, but doesnt always appreciate, those who come forward to mention anothers (or their own) negligence and poor conduct.

Without knowing the full truth behind the story, it is hard to comment. But certainly there are ways of going about things that should not results in any disciplinary action taken towards anyone. Its when you need to go that extra step that things get sticky.