I still think it has to do with making money or not being sued for malpractice. “When I saw that Ms Rivers was in distress, I immediately had her transferred to a specialist hospital. She died in their care, not mine.”
I would imagine that she was stabilized at the hospital or Doctor’s office where she was being operated on, and moved to a hospital better equipped and staffed to care for her. I had a malignant melanoma removed in the Doctor’s office, for example.
Outpatient surgery at a clinic?
She was reportedly at a clinic so I guess it wasn’t a full-fledged hospital. Perhaps it was an out-patient procedure or maybe considered somewhat low-risk to be able to do it at a clinic. It was reportedly something to do with her vocal cords
Lots of surgery is performed at out-patient clinics, even highly invasive stuff like my wife’s tummy tuck. My last eye surgery, yagi laser to burn a whole in a fogged over membrane, was at the doctor office - one room over. “Yeah it’s time to take it out, can you wait 15 minutes while I get it warmed up.”
The whole operation = hospital hasn’t been the case for a couple of decades.
I had surgery on my foot, with bones being cut and shaved, in an outpatient clinic. It was a specialized clinic for bone and joint work.
In early in the morning, out by midafternoon.
I wonder if they make more money in the office/clinic than at the hospital. They can probably line us up and do more of us in a day that way. It does cost us and the insurance companies less than the hospital, so I guess it is win-win-win. 
Jimi Jamison, lead singer of the 1980’s rock bands Cobra and Survivor, died of a heart attack Sunday night, TMZ reports. He was 63.
http://www.billboard.com/biz/articles/news/6236573/jimi-jamison-survivor-lead-singer-dead-at-63
His Search is Over
Aw, I like that song. RIP, dude.
In other news, with eight months gone, all my picks are healthier than ever.
Mine as well. And somehow we failed to take note when Lindsay Lohan turned 28, thereby escaping a certain infamous jinx.
Andrew Madoff, Son of Bernie Madoff, Dies at 52 Points
So are mine. But at least they are themed. :smack:
A couple of players have Bernie, but nobody has the son.
Joan Rivers has diss’d her last celebrity. She’s now dissing the Archangel Gabriel.
Joan Rivers Talks No More.
No Link Yet
Yeah I couldn’t find a link yet, either. I got a pop-up from my WSJ app.
They’re coming up now, here’s one: Joan Rivers, Comedy Pioneer and TV Host, Dies at 81
And maybe, just maybe, she’s getting diss’d by Johnny now?
No… Carson had (and he still has) too much class for that.
Library1900 loses their virginity this year to Joan Rivers.
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