On Thu, 23 May 2013, Aryan Ameri <info@ameri.me> wrote:
Although most people don't realise until it's too late there are significant benefits in living and working near a hospital.
Well I live 3 minutes walking distance from the Children's hospital, and it provides no benefits to me!
The Children's hospital has an emergency department. I presume that if a case is particularly severe an ambulance will deliver an adult there instead of driving further to a different hospital.
But it was the Women's that we were originally talking about, and as it has even a better location, I would be EXTREMELY in favour of building a high-rise apartment in its place. I mean think about it, right at the corner of Grattan st... Walking distance to Uni and Vic market, and 5 minutes to the city? Such a waste of prime real estate really...
Libertarians are supposed to be heartless, but you are getting quite extreme here. Is there no woman at all who you care about?
Having a major hospital in a central location for every major urban area is a good planning idea.
Funny... that's exactly what the Mayor of Havana told me in my briefing tour. You should see how well it's working there...
http://www.greenleft.org.au/node/37629 According to Mike Moore and all the statistical analysis it's working quite well. See the above URL for a summary of "Sicko". https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/cu.html https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/us.html https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/as.html If you look at the CIA world fact book you'll see that Cuba and the US are very comparable in terms of life expectancy while Australia is far ahead. I think it's really impressive that Cuba does so well given that US sanctions prevent the sale of medical supplies and the training of medical staff. Cuba suffers from crippling economic sanctions from US government because they are petulant about their failed invasion - and generally about the fact that Cuban citizens got a say in choosing their own government (yes a violent revolution is a way for people to choose their own government). In spite of this Cuba is competing well with the US and I think we should look carefully at their example for ideas that are worth copying. -- My Main Blog http://etbe.coker.com.au/ My Documents Blog http://doc.coker.com.au/