Published Brownsville Herald 11/11/2007
Up until a week or so ago health care, for me, was pretty much only an issue to be discussed. In just a few days it became one of the most critical issues, as I found myself in Valley Regional Medical Center bloated like “Michelin Man” with hives and other evidences of a severe allergic reaction. Though that was bad enough the treatment was aggravated by a preexisting skin problem and diabetes. To that point in my life, health care was the country doctor in the rural area where I grew up. Then forty years ago there was the corpsman in the Vietnam conflict and the Jacksonville Naval Hospital that put me back on my feet when I returned to the “States”. While in the Philippines six years ago, I was hospitalized for three weeks for an emergency surgery and serious infection at one of that nation’s foremost hospitals, The Makati Medical Center. More recently I was the guest of the Brownsville Surgical Center for three days for a non-life threatening procedure. More »
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