Profiles in medical courage: of mice, maggots and Steve Klotz

Southwest Journal of Pulmonary and Critical Care

关键词: blowfly;    cleanliness;    healthcare administration;    maggots;    nasal myasis;   

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No abstract available. Article truncated at 150 words. " I never did give them hell. I just told the truth, and they thought it was hell.”-Harry S. Truman Mice and maggots bring to mind visions of filth and decay with an accompanying sense of sickening revulsion-hardly the impression you want associated with a hospital. However, an infestation of mice and maggots did occur in a hospital- not in medieval Europe as you might expect, but in 1998 at the Kansas City Veterans Administration (VA) Hospital. Although the mice and maggots are the attention grabbers, the story is worth repeating because it illustrates how dysfunctional modern hospitals can become and how Steve Klotz tried to affect change by speaking against the management that allowed the situation to occur. To understand the story, we need to go back to 1995, ancient history to our fellows, residents and medical students but not so ancient to lots of us. Many Veterans Affairs …

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