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'No on-site doctor': Dental student died in ICU overseen by remote 'tele-health' physician who pronounced him dead on a video screen, lawsuit says (lawandcrime.com)

submitted 2 days ago by VetOfTheSeas@discuss.online to c/aboringdystopia@lemmy.world

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[–] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 16 points 2 days ago (1 children)

teledocs, and equity firms have been snatching up doctors all over the place, this hospital is likely part of a firm that does this, they can just staff 1 or few doctors in a hospital, and use teledoc soley.

[–] TwilitSky@lemmy.world 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

The end result is people getting terrible care as this young man did.

[–] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 3 points 1 day ago

i first read this complaint on one of the medical subs once, the poster said wtf she cant find any private doctors, and it was explained that private equity was buying them all up, and teledocs too.