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Doctors’ rip-off
DEAR EDITOR,
Suddenly, we are awakened to the medical abuse and scam that was swallowing the nation’s poor for the last 10 years as if Columbus has now descended on the Western world. I say poor, even though the rich and middle class have also suffered drastically from it too. But because the high class have easily dished out the dole to the hospitals like a minibus fare, they allowed the rip-offs to continue unabated. No wonder many of our politicians resort to attend to their medical need overseas even if it was only a cold and cough.
This medical rip-off that we have now heard of has already consumed billions of dollars of poor people’s hard earned income yearly, and will continue like if there was no tomorrow despite this brief publicity. Patients were deliberately conned into believing that they will die the next day when they went for a simple medical checkup costing $2,000 but end up paying $200,000 to these brutish, selfish individuals. I can personally think of 20 cases immediately.
I am sure that if some organisation set up a complaint desk about this medical racket where the victims can report their past sorrow and grief, they would be overwhelmed and shocked with the number of reports they would receive for the past 5 years.
This medical racket uncovered has resulted in untold suffering and mental depression on this nation and may be responsible for the high level of workplace absences and suicide. No wonder, most of our medical practitioners live a lavish lifestyle with mansions, Mercedes Benz and Las Vegas-style vacations.
We must thank Leonard Gildarie and Kaieteur News for exposing this silent monster that will continue to slowly consume us, unfortunately, as a nation. I am sure all the politicians and media houses were always aware of these brutish acts, but no one was willing to bell the cat. No one wants to make an enemy with doctors, even though how powerful they may be in society, because we all know the answer.
I am sure that Mr. Gildarie and Kaieteur News knew about this phenomenon a long time ago, but it takes one family to experience it before we scream. Nevertheless, bravo to Mr. Gildarie and KN, because the other media houses and politicians are just chickens.
Jessica Larson
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