Circling the drain...

Anyone catch the ad in the DMH Herald & Review on Tuesday? I really wish I'd bought a copy of Tuesday's paper. The title was "Is your doctor a DMH doctor?"

Tim and Ken want you to believe that DMH only has the good doctors in town. If only the TRUTH were printed in these ads instead of typical pie-in-the-sky propaganda. Which DMH employed primary doctors go to DMH, Ken? Please list their names. Do you actually think people are that DUMB to believe the obvious bull**** you are throwing out?

The answer to the question is a resounding NO. The people of Decatur, the doctors of Decatur, they know how to spot a con artist. That's why there's only ONE family doctor's office left that still goes to DMH. ONE. Did the rest all get kicked out because they weren't good doctors? No, they all left VOLUNTARILY because of the slipshod way DMH administration is running the institution. How many of DMH's family doctors still go to their hospital? NONE! Why? They're paid to stay away! That way, Ken gets to have his "hospitalists" rev up the ole self-referral machine to get every employed DMH specialist a shot at every patient who comes in the door. Can anyone say, Stark Law? Is this good quality medicine? Ask the patients who have left DMH to see their doctors at St. Mary's!!

DMH is putting out sorry ads like this because Ken and Tim have run the hospital into the ground. They are desperate. Patients are leaving; experienced nurses are leaving (and getting great jobs at St. Mary's!!) Doctors are leaving.

The only thing left for Ken and Tim to do is to follow suit. They need to leave, too. AND THEY WILL! As soon as the ongoing federal investigation by the U.S. Department of Justice concludes and the handcuffs are applied, THEN Ken and Tim will leave. The next question is, who will the feds take with them? The US DOJ investigators do NOT give up on cases like this. Perhaps some very rich doctors out there who have made their bed with Ken and Tim will someday come to the realization that their money will not do them any good when they are in Federal Prison. For the sake of their families, and Decatur's access to medical care, I hope they figure this out sooner rather than later.