TxHunter,

My apologies for being so blunt. Considering your clarification, let me restate my claim by saying you were here to question the benefits to patients. The ROI is yet to be seen, but my initial observation about your M.O. stands considering the obvious (yet initially ignored) medical benefits to patients. Your elaboration tells a slightly different story. And you'll notice I wasn't the only one that made that observation. Accounting for your stance in other areas, perhaps a better articulated skepticism would help you avoid these reactions. I'm not out to get you.

I know for a fact that if you walked up to Matt in Academy and introduced yourself as TxHunter, you'd be surprised by his cordial & jovial response. He'd respect you for that. He seeks out conversation and good-spirited debate. You should try it sometime.

This will not only benefit the women who have surgeries enhanced with the robot's service, but the other people in their lives. No one wants someone in long term pain or long term recovery and it sounds like surgery performed this way will have shorter recovery time, less blood loss and less pain. Win-win situation for all.

If a woman has Medicare, can't she have this surgery at Detar, also? Not just insurance but government assistance, right? So this is available to all women, insurance, Medicare, Medicaid,etc?

As far as Mr. Brown goes (and I truly wish he would) he is already a Tin Man ("If I only had a Heart"). Any CEO who cared about the needs of the citizens of the community would be doing what is morally and ethically correct by keeping a fully staffed mental health unit.

As a tax payer I'd be ok if they replaced Bown with a robot.

Gren, "making money off sick people" really? Do you have any idea how many millions are written off by that hospital every year? You should be asking why if there is a county hospital... why does DeTar do so much for the community, and then say thank God they do. As for the money, the write off for charity is many more millions than this ADVANCE in medicine costs... maybe you don't have a wife, mother, daughter, etc. and don't care if they get the best available care. What is wrong with people when a pissing match becomes their life and they can't acknowledge a benefit to the community and say those two little (presumably very difficult words) THANK YOU

I think its funny how the all mighty Detar can basically do no wrong even though people forget that they make money off of sick people. Since Detar got this machine its a wonder of modern science, its a great benifit to everyone, its omg i bow before you all mighty Detar, you really care about us. Even though all you really care about is making a profit. Now if Citizens got the machine.......waste of tax payer money, do we really need this, why do they even have doctors if a machine can do it, blah blah blah.

Help me, I appreciate your skepticism, but our hospitals can spend the money they have already set aside for capital on playing monopoly Victoria style or they can do things that benefit the people who need services. As Edith Ann would say... "and that's the truth....ppppppppppppp"

helpme2,

Why would the taxpayers pay for this? DeTar is not the County hospital, and they do not receive tax dollars. They are 'for profit', and as such, use that profit for capital investments.

EdithAnn - Somewhere down the line we the tax payers will end up paying for this.even if the hospital's investment fund paid for it. But if it means fewer complications and lower medical costs thats great.I'm for it.

helpme2 and TxHunter--

Did you two read the story? All the way to the end?

The last sentence, which may have still been visible when you posted says, "The robot was paid for through DeTar Hospital's capital investment funds."

Hey Spotter, you took the words right out of my mouth! I read his prior blog also and thought the same thing. Hey Hunter, what is your real name? Dave Brown? Or are you just one of the minions who are puckering up for him? I mean, how can you cast a stink eye at new technology that benefits all the women in Victoria?

If your wife, mother, daughter, etc needs to get a hysterectomy you can make the choice... go the shaky hands at Citizens or go to where someone cared enough about Victoria to get some leading edge technology. I think this is fantastic.

TxHunter, I never would've guessed that the guy who gallantly strode to Citizens' defense on the racketeering/conspiracy story would have come here to take a shot at DeTar. You couldn't resist, could ya? We should talk over coffee in the cafeteria after the board meeting on the 14th.

I'm still hoping to get an explanation for this:
www.victoriaadvocate.com/weblogs/para...

Are you kidding "help me"? Because there are fewer complications with precision, it drives DOWN the cost of medical care... it is so much better for the patient. Look up this device on utube. There is a demonstration... it's amazing! WAY TO GO DETAR!

Is the robot going to replace a surgical assistant?
MORE COST TO THE PATIENT.