Universal Healthcare Quality Of Service Example

Posted January 28, 2009

Universal healthcare, the liberal Democrat’s socialist medical plan is going to be a hard pill to swallow with examples such as the following from Brazil. The proposed $825,000,000,000.00 economic stimulus package includes $600,000,000.00 just to “prepare our country for universal healthcare”. What does that mean? Is that bribery money to buy the healthcare professionals and doctors? Is this the change we need? $600,000,000.00 would go a long way to providing healthcare insurance premiums directly to those that need to pay for health insurance or are uninsurable due to pre-existing conditions as opposed to “preparing us” for larger bribes and coercion.

I have been sick to my stomach since Friday when I first read about this beautiful young Brazilian model having contracted a blood infection and then, following complications, having her hands and feet amputated. It stuck in my mind that her career would be over or maybe not. Perhaps she could still model cosmetics, I was hoping.

On Saturday morning, I saw the following news at FOX News and could not get it out of my mind. I wondered why? There had to be a reason. Did the doctors screw up? Was this medical malpractice by mis-diagnosing the infection in the first place? Or, was this simply a case of universal healthcare gone bad. I believe the latter is true. Miss Bridi was incorrectly diagnosed with kidney stones and sent home. Had they correctly diagnosed the urinary tract infection, this young lady would be alive and recovering today.

An inferior healthcare system is what we can expect our current system to become. I don’t think this is what the people want. They need affordable healthcare but the cost of allowing the government to run the program is way too high.

Model Dies After Losing Hands, Feet to Urinary Tract Infection

Saturday, January 24, 2009

Officials say a Brazilian model whose feet and hands were amputated because of an infection has died. marianabridi-4

Officials said in a statement early Saturday that 20-year-old Mariana Bridi’s condition deteriorated overnight. She died at 2:30 a.m.

The Espirito Santo State Health Secretariat said in the statement she died from complications related to a generalized infection. It was caused by the bacteria Pseudomonas aeruginosa, which is known to be resistant to multiple kinds of antibiotics.

The beauty pageant contestant was suffering a generalized infection that forced the amputation of her hands and feet earlier this week because the flow of oxygen to her limbs was reduced.

Bridi was not breathing on her own and was undergoing hemodialysis at a hospital in the city of Serra, the secretariat said.Bridi twice was a finalist in the Brazilian stage of the Miss World beauty pageant, according to local media, and participated in the 2007 Miss Bikini International contest.

Bridi fell ill in December and doctors originally diagnosed her with kidney stones, local media said. But her condition worsened and doctors then diagnosed a urinary tract infection that spread. She was hospitalized on Jan 3.

Once she was hospitalized, doctors discovered septicemia had set into her limbs, cutting off circulation.

They were forced to amputate.

Septicemia is the presence of bacteria in the blood. It’s a serious, life-threatening infection that rapidly gets worse. It can arise from infections throughout the body, including infections in the lungs, abdomen, and urinary tract, the National Institutes of Health said on its Web site.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.

Model Clings to Life After Losing Hands, Feet to Urinary Tract Infection

Friday, January 23, 2009

A Brazilian model whose feet and hands had to be amputated because of an infection is clinging to life at an intensive care unit in southeastern Brazil.

Mariana Bridi’s condition deteriorated overnight and was changed from “serious” to “very serious” on Friday, the Espirito Santo State Health Secretariat said in a statement.

The 20-year-old beauty pageant contestant is suffering a generalized infection that forced the amputation of her hands and feet earlier this week because the flow of oxygen to her limbs was reduced.

“The only thing that matters now is her life,” boyfriend Thiago Simoes told Globo TV’s G1 Web site.

Bridi is not breathing on her own and is undergoing hemodialysis at a hospital in the city of Serra, the secretariat said.

Bridi twice was a finalist in the Brazilian stage of the Miss World beauty pageant, according to local media, and participated in the 2007 Miss Bikini International contest.

Once she was hospitalized, doctors discovered septicemia had set into her limbs, cutting off circulation.

They were forced to amputate.

Since the amputation, Bridi da Costa suffered an internal hemorrhage and had another emergency operation Wednesday afternoon.

Officials have also reavealed that she has a rare blood type and needs donations.

“This is a desperately sad story and we are calling on potential donors to come forward and give blood,” Henrique Fontes, executive director of Miss World Brazil, told Agence-France Presse this week.

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