What Happens When Doctors Go On Strike?
When Israeli medical doctors went on strike in 2000, the number of deaths in that country went down.
They went down so far, in fact, that funeral directors were protesting the strike!
Emergency care and other vital services were not disrupted during the strike. What decreased — drastically — were visits to outpatient centers.
That meant fewer prescriptions were written. And most elective surgeries were cancelled.
Maybe not a bad thing.
Dr. Joseph Mercola put it well when he wrote:
“There is no question that traditional approaches for acute traumas (heart attack, stroke, accidents, etc.) are valuable and should not be abandoned. However, overall, when drugs and surgery are used to address chronic illness, it is generally a prescription for disaster.”
Hospitals and doctors are invaluable for traumatic injuries. But when it comes to maintaining robust health and preventing illness, healthy living and personal responsibility is the key.
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