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Lynn C. Woolsey: “Last week a very good friend of mine went to the hospital to have a malignant tumor removed from his bladder. It was…”

On the recordJuly 23, 1998
Last week a very good friend of mine went to the hospital to have a malignant tumor removed from his bladder. It was extensive surgery. It was outpatient surgery. He was sent home 5 hours after the surgery with a catheter and a bag at his waist line. This is outrageous. Later in the week, he did get a fever from an infection. We cannot let this happen to the people in our country. We must have real patient reform. We have to protect the patients in our health care system. Do not vote today for a faux reform, or tomorrow, faux Republican reform. We need the Dingell-Ganske bill. We need to let doctors and patients decide when to send a cancer patient home from the hospital after extensive surgery.
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Lynn C. Woolsey
California
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Addressing the need for patient reform in healthcare following a friend's surgery experience.

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