Hockenberry's burro, was Ginger

Chuck Grimes cgrimes at rawbw.com
Wed Dec 5 09:10:38 PST 2001



>From I've read, unlike Gates, Kamen has actually invented a raft
of stuff -- medical gadgets. So it would appear that deserves better.

mbs

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Yep. Mostly intravenious and enteral feeding pumbs---those colorful little electronic boxes that hang on IV stands. Spawned a whole support industry of overpriced, high-end gizmos in the name of medical productivity (cut backs in nursing staff time).

Now the biggest trouble with the enteral feeding programs (excuse me, Enteral Nutrition Delivery Programs) at the Brain Damage `R Us facilities is Medicare only pays for vanilla, so forget about chocolate and strawberry.

Chuck Grimes,

Do I sound bitter this morning?



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