Aug 262009
I admit to not having followed Dr. Mary Johnson’s charges against Randolph Hospital as closely as I could have. It is complicated and requires some time to understand. However, her latest post contains a letter to the hospital in defense of Dr. J from the mother of some of her patients. It, combined with Mary’s added context, is very compelling. And I dare say that for the uninitiated, it does a great job of bringing you up to speed.
Included is a WGHP account of a scam in the recent Chili Cookoff.
Wow. Thank you, Fec. I am temporarily speechless.
It (of course) won’t last.
I should have done this a long time ago. I found the post fascinating, particularly as I know some of the people mentioned.
It seems to be getting pretty decent traffic for Housecalls (and some interesting visitors). I’m leaving it up for a few days. Then, I will “move on” with other letters from parents (and less commentary).
I hope that perhaps you understand my exasperation with Edward Cone. As a well-connected, well-named “progressive” journalist (pushing blogging as a path for stories to get to the MSM), he could have done much more to help this story see the light of day . . . and help me see some kind of justice.
The core of the case has always been very simple. Originally, it was a matter of pure and simple retalition against a whistle-blowing Pediatrician in favor of a Cone-owned Family Practioner whose skills in Neonatology were falsely advertised by Randolph (and who, of course, screwed up).
Now, it’s about black-and-white perjury/contempt/fraud AND regulatory negligence (the premise that I may shortly legally pursue). It is a criminal case now, not a civil one. And there is a reason I have not been sued (again) for “libel”. It’s because I’m not lying – and because I have the goods on Randolph. You cannot argue with black and white – and original sworn signatures on Court documents.
The “complications” are rooted in the half-truths and bold-faced lies that were allowed to circulate and fester for the six months the hospital kept me isolated and in a contractual box. A lot of very important people were in it – and some of those people I simply cannot forgive. They knew exactly what they were doing.
There was no way that I could live with it, except to wait it out and (later) fight back.
Last night, I got pretty disgusted with a bit I saw on the Internet about President Obama wanting physicians to stand up and support healthcare reform. So me being me, I e-mailed the White House and told the President exactly what this physician, formerly in public service, thinks about a government that let Randolph Hospital do what it did to Dr. Mary Johnson reforming anything.
Snowballs in hell come to mind.
On top of that, now, on-call in the Eastern sticks this weekend, I’m stuck with a TV that will be wallowing in Kennedys. Maybe a good hurricane will stir things up.
Again, I am grateful for the link. Thank you.
Tenacity has value Dr. Mary. I’ve not been keeping up with your fight like I should and I will do better.