To the Editor:
All I hear from PCMH employees is I want! They want more technology. More technology equals less personal care. That means “I don’t have to go check on my patients anymore, I just can look at a screen and then the problem is solved.” That is the new compassionate way for our healthcare providers?
Can a stranger in St. Louis, that has never seen me, diagnose my problem? I always thought a board certified doctor should examine and diagnose a medical problem.
We DO NOT need big city politicians and corporations running our small town, rural community. We will lose TOTAL control over our hospital. We, the local people, will have no say in any decisions.
I have heard of no offers for two of our board members to have seats of Mercy’s MAIN board. They will make ALL decisions and tell us what, and when, to do it!
What has happened to the friendly, neighborly, rural community? The one we used to have – where kids played with other kids – trucks, dolls and ball games. Now they have temper tandrums and dirty looks, when they are asked to put down their phones and Android tablets!
There is NO communication, NO “family” time anymore. What happened to a family dinner every night, a family movie with popcorn, playing games together, going to the park, or a creek, for a picnic lunch, taking a drive in the country, tales from our ancestors?
TECHNOLOGY! TECHNOLOGY! TECHNOLOGY!
Who are your children, or your parents? Do you REALLY know who they are? Do you know their favorite color, favorite drink, favorite food, favorite movie, favorite clothes? This is why we have more suicides, more crimes. WE don’t know the people around us to see any warning signs. But we need more technology!!
I attended the first public hospital. It was with SE Health. I felt Mr. Ken Bateman did a good job. He outline what they would do to provide better healthcare and transparency. They would bring full time specialists here, put two of our board members on their board, and help ALL of the businesses and medical help by bring into Perry County a nursing school and SEMO degrees. A nursing school that is close in Cape, highly accredited, respected and compassionate teachers and students.