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drxdrg08 t1_jba2so5 wrote

> Wonder if it was worth all the time they saved not thoroughly inspecting rail cars.

It was. That's how everything works in the world. You find a reasonable medium between cost and benefit.

Do you get a $5,000 PET scan at your routine annual physical? It would very likely find a lot of problems much earlier than otherwise.

Why doesn't every single road have concrete dividers? Why don't cars have 5 point harnesses and roll cages? That would prevent a lot of accident and deaths.

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WITFnews OP t1_jba19sj wrote

This is from my colleague Gabriella Martinez.

It's a pretty in-depth story but the TLDR version is: An undocumented woman, from the Dominican Republic, suffered an aneurysm that required surgery at Lehigh Valley Hospital in Allentown. She experienced some complications so she was induced into a coma.

The hospital tried for two months to find a long-term care facility to accept her but were unable to, so they want to transfer her to the Dominican Republic.

Her family does not want that and wishes she remains here in the United States. Her husband believes the trip to the DR might kill her.

According to a letter from the hospital to the family, it was difficult to find a long-term acute care hospital because such facilities “do not accept medical assistance or patients who are not in the United States on a valid visa.”

There was a protest outside of the hospital, the family has an attorney helping them and it's just a crazy situation.

Full story at the link and remember: it's not behind a paywall and no annoying ads.

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universe_point t1_jb9uvi1 wrote

Ha. I was also on that meeting (virtually, from my house across the state, wonderful how that works when you can work from home), your description is very accurate. Anyways, I contacted the union this morning and requested that they push hard to keep telework for us as a part of the new contract. The person who responded to me said he has received similar feedback and would pass my message along to the negotiating team. I don’t have high hopes, but glad I said what I wanted to say.

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