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Serious Healthcare Reform – Starting from Scratch
ecthompsonmd June 2, 2009

When the world was young, life was simple. Marcus Welby was our prototype physician. He seemed to be wise, practical, compassionate and infinitely knowledgeable. He could handle everything from a splinter in your foot to ovarian cancer and he could fix an internal abdominal hemorrhage from a motor vehicle crash. Well, things have changed since then. We have CT scanners, which can give us a three-dimensional picture of a heart. Using a scope, we can remove a gallbladder with three small incisions that together add up to less than two inches. Over the last 20 to 30 years, health care has

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Natasha Richardson and head injuries
ecthompsonmd March 18, 2009

Natasha Richardson, the 45-year-old actress, died today of a head injury. My heart goes out to her family and loved ones. We see this over and over again in my line of work. It is the suddenness of trauma. Just yesterday or just this morning… or only an hour ago, our loved one was fine and then something happens. As a trauma surgeon, I have no comment on her initial care, her flight from Canada to New York or her care at a New York hospital. Most of those details have been kept from the press. I will make a few general comments on head

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The Economy, Capitalism and the Candidates
ecthompsonmd June 29, 2008

There’s been a lot of speculation on who Senator John McCain then Senator Barack Obama would choose as their running mates. Almost everyone with a computer has speculated on who could be a possible running mate. Thomas Friedman, from the New York Times, has thrown his hat into the ring. Friedman presents some good evidence to show that our economy is in significant trouble. I think anyone with a couple brain cells that are firing should be able to see the decline of the American economy. We manufacture almost nothing in this country anymore. Our banking industry is in shambles. The

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Errington C. Thompson, MD

Dr. Thompson is a surgeon, scholar, full-time sports fan and part-time political activist. He is active in a number of community projects and initiatives. Through medicine, he strives to improve the physical health of all he treats.

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