Endoscopy Scandal & Public Health Crisis

PUBLIC HEALTH CRISIS: More infections surface

Officials say cases might be linked to clinic
http://www.lvrj.com/news/18796269.html
By ANNETTE WELLS and PAUL HARASIM
Health authorities said Thursday that 77 more patients might have contracted hepatitis C at a local medical clinic where unsafe injection practices have been identified.

The 77 patients of the Endoscopy Center of Southern Nevada, who recently tested positive for the liver disease, did not report any other risk factors for the disease other than having undergone a procedure at the clinic, said Brian Labus, senior epidemiologist for the Southern Nevada Health District.

"We can't say for certain that they got it at the clinic; however, the clinic is the obvious source of infection considering they had no other risk factors," Labus said.

The new cases are not acute, and patients would not have apparent symptoms.

"Medical Mafia", have you ever heard of Medical Mafia?

Here it is......., if you ever wonder.... if there is a Mafia in the medical system?. Well stop wondering, Medical Practice is one of the last place you want to talk or think about a mafia existing but you were wrong.

Medical Mafia........ if uncovered, it will shatter the very consience of humankind and the very meaning of life, ethics, justice and well-being, because we do not want to see mafia in medicine, law, school and at home.

It is sad, we have to accept the fact that there is a medical Mafia. This las vegas medical mafia could extend beyong one could think to the Judges who are sitting in the court room to give verdict instead they can work under the control of Mafia? Wow...wow wow....wow.

Ok, here is the story! Oh no, the Truth!:

Medical Mafia made easy

Allegedly corrupt doctors! Potentially unethical lawyers! Millions of very real dollars! Our step-by-step guide to the city's other outrageous medical scandal.

by ANDREW KIRALY and GEORGE KNAPP

So, there's this medical consultant who pays doctors for referring personal-injury cases to him, which the medical consultant then passes along to a group of lawyers, who in turn pay the medical consultant for the referrals, but who also get the doctors -- protected from medical malpractice lawsuits themselves -- to lie in the courtroom in order to inflate personal-injury settlements, money the lawyers share with the medical consultant to keep the lucrative referrals coming, see, and ...

Confused yet?

Read further at: http://www.lasvegascitylife.com/articles/2008/03/20/news/cover/iq_20357759.txt#blogcomments

New Slogan of Vegas" “Your Vegas Is Showing”

"Your Vegas is Showing" is the new mantra of Las Vegas now, the "what happens in Vegas stays in Vegas is outdated now.

With a hotel construction boom starting to feel the effects of a US housing crash and the possible slowdown of the US economy in 2008, Las Vegas is looking to boost its already successful marketing campaign with a new slogan.
Under the headline “Vegas Plans a New Push To Attract More People”, the Wall Street Journal ran a story about how Las Vegas is trying to attract more tourists despite the success of its 2003 slogan ‘What Happens Here Stays Here’.
The new slogan – titled “Your Vegas Is Showing” – seems to belie the fact that Las Vegas is suffering the threat of a potential downturn that can only be rectified by a growing influx of money-spending tourists. But, with the growth of the global online gaming industry, will the new campaign be enough to stimulate renewed interest in the gambling mecca?

Las Vegas This Week

What is happening in Las Vegas


Technical knockouts from the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas,

Tim McNulty, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Tuesday, January 15, 2008
The world's largest technology trade show, the Consumer Electronics Show, finished up last week in Las Vegas after introducing more than 20,000 new products to the market. Running the gamut from personal computers to media players, phones, video games, cameras -- and some gadgets that do all of the above -- the show features products that are ready for sale to buy now, as well as some that are still fuzzy ideas in a designer's head.



Heat on NBC Channel,

Las Vegas judge has ruled that Democratic presidential candidate Dennis Kucinich must be included in the Tuesday night presidential debate in Las Vegas.



Guardian Unlimited
Obama and Las Vegas union dispute?:

9pm GMT / 4pm ET
Obama campaign cites teachers' letter in Las Vegas union dispute......

Daniel Nasaw in Washington

Monday January 14, 2008



Barack Obama's campaign today released a letter it said was written by Nevada schoolteachers unhappy with their union's legal effort to prevent this weekend's caucuses being held at Las Vegas casinos.

War Torn
Across America, Deadly Echoes of Foreign Battles

Late one night in the summer of 2005, Matthew Sepi, a 20-year-old Iraq combat veteran, headed out to a 7-Eleven in the seedy Las Vegas neighborhood where he had settled after leaving the Army.

Las Vegas & Beauty of the Nature Around

There are lots of places to see nearby Las Vegas, it is a paradise OF THE NATURE in THE MIDDLE OF THE desert. One of the place is "Red Rock Canyon"- belongs to Mojave Dessert located within 15- 20 min drive from Las Vegas, about 200,000 acre land of Mojave Dessert!. Poeple go here just to see the beauty, those who go here for climbing, hiking, walking, sight seeing and camping. A gorgeous and stunning beauty in the middle of the dessert. Go to the website http://redrockcanyonlv.org for further official information of visits, tickets and activities.

some links:

http://www.desertusa.com/redrock/

http://www.sunsetcities.com/redrock.html

http://www.redrock.org/

http://www.americansouthwest.net/nevada/red_rock_canyon/nca.html

HERE ARE SOME OF THE PICTURES THAT I SHOT DURING MY RECENT TRIP TO

 "RED ROCK CANYON", I used  "Cannon Powershot" SD750 digital camera to capture these pictures.

Burger & Coffee in Las Vegas!

Unlike other cities, in Las Vegas, if you are looking for a good Burger, coffee and especially Hot Dogs, you will be in for a surprise, because there are not many choices you will find it to be.

There are not many choices for hotdogs. However, there are several places for Burger and coffee, there are way too many Burger king/McDonalds and Starbucks, but none of them are any good. May be there could be some exceptions but overall for burgers the worst places are "Long John Silver", I would never buy here, the next worst are McDonalds, Burger King and Jack in the Box. The one place I found to be consistently edible and reasonable compared to those list above is the "Carls Jr", I have tried all these places a few times, from my personal experience, this is the burger I will go for it again. It is not just my own experience, here is a review for your taste. On the non-food side remarks about Carl's Jr is that they should stay in a decent way in making ads about their company and products than the recent controversy to use some half naked woman for ads. This is may be good to bring some dudes to your food chain, but certainly will affect families and kids who wants to go Carl's Jr to eat will keep thinking about what kind of morality you have to use half-naked woman to advertise your burger....Ooops this is a negative aspect to Carl's Jr. But, as far as burger quality and satisfaction concerned, in Las Vegas, you are the best so far, I will get you if you err in quality anytime and write a review, better keep the quality going?.

There are not too many good places for Coffee....and I am still searching and checking around the city, but if someone can shed some light on this blog about where can we get a decent coffee in Las Vegas, it would be cool..! Starbucks is everywhere as usual like a Walmart.....if I have no choice I think of starbucks, even then I try to avoid getting a coffee that stinks like Urine, I avoid going there!?.

Oh, wait, the McDonalds has introduced coffee and one thing for sure, the quality is not that bad, infact the regular coffee of McDonalds is far superior and likeable than starbucks stinky coffee.

Blog for Vegas Consumers!!!

This is going to be a place for customers to write their experience and issues on good, bad and ugly experiences while buying or shopping, so that we can bring some useful information to the general consumers to benefit.

I invite anyone who lives or who buy things and go through such experiences to write. This blog will be a open forum, if you want to be a regular contributor, do so, you are invited to be part of it.

Yours,
Vegas Consumer