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That would overwhelm our hospital system. It's possible to find middle ground, and I think comprehensive IT systems for all doctors with real-time forbidden dr
by ajuc 10y ago
That would overwhelm our hospital system.
It's possible to find middle ground, and I think comprehensive IT systems for all doctors with real-time forbidden drugs lists and epidemia tracking would make this much easier.
It's even possible to divide hospitals into "different drug is forbidden here", and when someone has MRSA - put him in a hospital where the drugs that doesn't work on him - are banned anyway. And use "last ditch" drugs only in these hospitals.
And of course the main thing is to stop abusing antibiotics for agriculture.
- lifeisstillgood 10y agoI am advocating a more restrictive and considered prescription regieme - specifically only allowing hospitals to prescribe is an example not a policy decision That's said I am under convinced it would overwhelm hospitals. Hospitals seem overwhelmed to me because A&E is a faster and more efficient way "into" the system than community based care or other approaches. The common case is elderly care - almost no funding for in home nursing help, hard to get through the process, and elderly struggle on until a manageable chronic complaint turns acute, leading to ambulance, A&E admittance and a struggle for scare beds in wards. Whereas the hospital probably could have been avoided through treatment at home / locally. Until we pay for community systems we won't relive the pressure on hospitals. And this out centre of excellence will just be fire fighting. (Excuse the sudden rant - not sure where that came from :-)