Watcher's DMH BS Ad of the Week 5/18/06

In today's paper, DMH's marketing gurus have really outdone themselves.

Dr. Thomas Rohde, a physician from the SIU School of Medicine office here in town, is being marketed as a "Family Physician" for the Mt. Zion area. He even says he'll do house calls.

Anyone want to bet he won't make any house calls to St. Mary's Hospital? Or even Decatur Memorial Hospital? If he follows the pattern of the other DMH lackey doctors in this town, he'll abandon his patients as soon as they hit the hospital door. ANY hospital door. He'll let "hospitalists" (internal medicine doctors) take care of his patients at DMH (and inexperienced residents will end up with the pediatric patients,) and he'll abandon all together anyone who prefers NEARBY ST. MARYS!

If the majority of Decatur residents DO NOT want a hospitalist when they go to the hospital, what do you think the residents of Mt.Zion and surrounding rural communities will say?

Another idiot idea by Ken Smithmier and crew that will end in disaster.

How are they going to pay for the building of ANOTHER doctor's office here in town while their OWN EMPLOYEES are being stripped of benefits right and left?!?!

What's Going On At DMH?

Have they hired any new neurosurgeons? Boy that would really increase the malpractice insurance bill.

Have they hired any heart surgeons? Boy that would REALLY increase the malpractice bill.

I heard the bill outlawing the hospitalists taking over by insurance companies is ready to be signed by the governor. Too bad for Ken.

I heard St. Mary's numbers just keep going up, and they are needing to hire more and more people to keep up with the increase in business. Too bad for Ken.

What have you heard?