vacation, which is crazy to say, working in the er should never be a vacation. but relative to miami things are better here. i still get covid admits, but in florida things have been so horrible and so backed up because of how many covid cases we have in the icu. the patients are just waiting and waiting in the waiting room, waiting for a bed. remember, this is regardless of whether you have coronavirus or some other conditions. as just mentioned, if you need a gallbladder removal, it takes a lot time to get a bed to be able to do that procedure and have you monitored. so it is amazing we came back to this state even though we had multiple solutions to fix it, whether it was masking or distancing or this multi-billion dollar treatment, the vaccine, that could be so, so helpful for any hospitalization but people just aren t getting it. you have worked in states across the country, so i guess, unfortunately, you are seeing firsthand what we know from the statistics, which is if you got
for retirement, but a great idea to pay into a system where they re not necessarily going to use that health care until later on. one bad luck accident or gallbladder removal can put anybody in the red. nobody wants that. natalie azar, nice to see you. douglas, nice to to see you, as well. should son-in-law have access to top secret. a group of senators saying absolutely not. we are continuing to keep an eye on the daily white house press briefing. it s happening right now off camera. we ll bring you the audio just as soon as it is over. time for your business of the week. thanks to this entrepreneur. sarah launched s well because she wanted a water bottle that was as stylish as the rest of her life. now they have become the
they are in the square today, protesting what they call the slow moving changes in egypt. they re calling for the military rulers to speed up the pace of these democratic reforms in a country that s still charting its own political future. protestors carrying signs and banner, reading the egyptian revolution is not over and chanting the same slogan. we ll let you know how that goes. live report out of cairo, next hour on america s newsroom . jamie: thanks, bill. there is a new report, and it revealed some stunning differences in what hospitals in massachusetts are being paid for similar care. take a look at this. insurers are paying just over $7000 for a gallbladder removal at quincy medical center, while the same procedure at massachusetts general, or mass general, as it s known, is $5000 more. what is going on here? dr. marc siegl, fox medical a team, this story really interested me, mark, because you know as the attorney, consumer advocate type that i am, i want to make sure
atlanta and there are some close to him saying this could have been a surgical error that took place. that s right. this citizen of really simple surgery, laproscopic gallbladder removal is usually no big deal. many times people don t get admitted to the hospital and are in and out in one day. we talked to a source close to murtha and this is what he had to say, a quote from him. he, meaning murtha, went in for a routine, minimally invasive surgery, was discharged. they hit his intestines. he was taken to the hospital two days later. as we all know, by now, he was in intensive care where he stayed until he died. now, nicking the intestines is a known complication of gallbladder surgery. it s very rare but it does happen when you nick the intestines the person can get an infection and die. so you say it s rare. how often? for a surgery like this, as you said, most people think of it, obviously it is surgery but
gallbladder removal. now we are confirming that at the age of 77, pennsylvania congressman democrat john murtha has passed away. we re working to get more information. as you can imagine, we will have comments from both democrats and republicans regarding the passing of this great congressman from pennsylvania. again, the sad news confirmed after complications and being in intensive care last week and a number of other health issues in the past. congressman john murtha, the age of 77 has passed away. we ll be right back. [ male announcer ] for over 50 years, providing you with safe,