Monthly Archives: June 2017

“By their emails ye shall know them” 4

This is a bit off the main subject of this blog, but politicians seem to be almost the ones who have least realised how much the world has changed in the last 25 years of so – those who are … Continue reading

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“By their emails ye shall know them” 3

In the last few days the journalists at the Sydney Morning Herald and the ABC have put together a number of reports on the plight of those who have got involved with the AVEO retirement group – some of their … Continue reading

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The power now with “the people” 2

Part of a letter sent today by email to a certain specialist Dermatologist:- Because the above is a copy, the links in it don’t work, but these ones do – https://www.ratemds.com/ and  http://www.medicalquestions1.info/6281/6281.01.html. We’re not expecting a reply. Can we tell you this … Continue reading

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The power now with “the people” 1

Many years ago, perhaps 30 or 40, someone told us, “If you want to know what someone’s like, get them to write something down.” Of course this is so true it’s obvious. But what has changed, in the last 25 … Continue reading

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Dr Michael John Forster Hunter ENT Surgeon

Dr Hunter has 17 ratings on the RateMDs.com website, in 13 of which he gets the lowest possible ratings for “Helpfulness,” none of which he’s responded to, something he could easily do. He’s already been officially reprimanded once for various aspects … Continue reading

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RateMDs.com 2

Some years ago, the organisation based in Toronto, Canada, which is behind the RateMDs.com website, was taken over by a new organisation. Before that takeover, health care providers could provide responses to ratings on them on the site, but after the … Continue reading

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Choosing a Sydney ENT Specialist

These days, when looking for the best specialist for us to at least have an initial consultation with, we ourselves send out emails to a number of those who we think may be able to help us in which we … Continue reading

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Miscellaneous Comments

Part of an email we got today from one of our readers:- (According to this Wikipedia article, the FDA is the US agency – with over 14,000 employees in 2010, the latest figures available – which decides which food and … Continue reading

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We wouldn’t like this bloke’s job, Cameron Dick, the Queensland Minister for Health’s job, trying to convince “the people” that Queensland’s hospitals are “safe,” in the face of a report that has emerged claiming that, in these hospitals, “72 per … Continue reading

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When a letter was emailed to a particular Ear Nose and Throat Specialist asking if helping with some problems with the throat which someone was experiencing was within their areas of expertise, a reply came back saying no, that this … Continue reading

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