This is a repost with a different heading since the previous one might
well have been deleted unread by many.It was "MAKE MONEY FAST-10,000 UKL
IN TWO WEEKS"- below explains.
Iain L M Hotchkies wrote:
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> Actually, I hadn't looked at this week's copy until you posted. How
> bizarre. Gross Graham Ross wants to bring the "problem" of
> diagnosing depression "back into the public domain".
>
> Judging from his recent posts to this list, Gross has a certain way
> with words. He's obviously something of an entrepeneur. He seems to
> have the knack of being able to justify the most reprehensible of
> actions. And rather like some of those people you come across on
> usenet, I would be surprised if anything any of us could say would
> make him change his mind.
>
> Actually, the whole thing rather reminds me of those "MAKE MONEY
> FAST" spams that crop up all over the show. "Get in on the ground
> floor". "I made 10,000 UKP in just two weeks!!!"
>
> IMHO, there are some solicitors (and I certainly wouldn't want to
> risk accusations of libel by naming any) whose only interest is in
> making money. They can dress up their schemes in an attempt to
> convince one and all that their motives are altruistic (and making
> money is merely a happy coincidence) but the only people who will
> fall for this ruse are the future plaintiffs who are keen to mask
> the guilt they feel about sueing someone who they know was only
> doing his or her best to help them.
>
> Dear Gross: I respect your right to subscribe to GP-UK and your
> right to post to the list. However, if I had the choice I would
> prevent you from posting. If I wanted to read specious
> justifications for sueing doctors I would join a legal mailing list.
>
> Come see my webpages soon! I've just uploaded the remaining chapters
> of my novel of teenage angst, latex fetishism and heavy metal -
> Gathering Daisies (In Black Latex Caves). Don't be put off by this
> description - it will appeal to those who are young and those who
> are young at heart. Anyone with teenage children might want to
> download it. However, lawyers should be warned. The novel contains
> graphic descriptions of various forms of torture performed on
> members (and the members of members) of the legal profession. If
> ritual disembowelment makes you feel queasy, don't read it [*]
>
Dr Hotchkies' novel on http://www.hotch.demon.co.uk is an enjoyable and
timely reminder of the pressures of GP practice on the resting mind.
So clients feel guilty at suing their doctors? That's a new one. I wish
I could tell just some of the horror stories we have to deal with.
Simple boyfriend trouble induced teenage angst (oh yes of the sort Iain
writes about) leading to years of anti-deps/anti-psychotics. It is
perfectly true that the clients feel absolutely mortified at the very
idea of suing. It is only because we have a wide stock of weapons of
torture in the office that we can get them to sign the flaming Legal Aid
applications in the first place!
If Iains thinks this is a specious argument for suing doctors, then he
is overlooking the fact that not one of our cases can get off the ground
without a highly experienced psychiatric consultant putting his name to
a report saying that the treating doctor acted in a way that would not
have had the support of a responsible body of medical opinion..eh?..was
negligent.
It does happen. Like lawyer negligence. Not all the time, probably not
most of the time, but it does happen. If the world Iain wants to live in
is one that allows doctors to practice in that manner without being
accountable for the lives ruined, while lawyers are ritually
disembowelled then fine. I hope he gets his movie rights.
Oh, and yes, we do like to make money. I have always owned up to that
one. Shame on us. Marketing is something every solicitor in private
practice these days has to do. Its a real pain. It just so happens that
we prefer also acting in cases which brings us the satisfaction of doing
something challenging, interesting and worthwhile. Now doesn't this
sound just a little like why Iain might have wanted to become a doctor?
Or was that just to learn how to disembowel?
Graham Ross
ALeRT
PS. By the way, as a writer on the subject of latex fetishism, Iain will
be interested to learn that our occupational asthma campaign covers
cases caused by latex gloves. Latex and heavy breathing. Is this an idea
for a steamy scene or what?
PPS I almost forgot. Please copy this and send to the first name at the
top of the attached list with a completed Legal Aid application form in
the name of your favourite cartoon character adding your name to the
foot of the list and in two weeks you will be able to take us over.
Dr Iain Hotchkies
Virginia Bottomley
Stephen Dorrell
Max Clifford
Graham Ross
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