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Originally Posted by Tyrone Slothrop
Doctors and nurses are not commodities. They have skills that aren't necessarily useful in this crisis.
And I wasn't defending that fact that administrators preserve themselves, I was just saying it's what they do.
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Money is a commodity. And it should be spent wisely and fairly in this situation. I understand some admin is needed. But there are some admin making some pretty crazy salaries who are not as important as docs.
Here's why: If docs or nurses should be overwhelmed or get sick, the next line of people to bring into the hospital are other people with medical training. An orthopedic surgeon might not be the best replacement for an ER doc, but he's all you've got if all the ER docs are sick.
I know in our area nurses in specialty areas have been told if they should be needed, whatever their specialty, they'll be brought back out of furlough to deal with covid patients.
Why are we not paying these people at least something while they are on standby? That seems fundamentally bizarre while we continue to pay some admin of questionable value very fat salaries.
Maybe I'm nuts, but if I ran a hospital, I'd cut all non-essential admin and divvy their salaries up and give them to docs and nurses I'd want to keep on standby.
I'd also give all the docs and nurses facing this thing in the ERs and ICUs enhanced pay. Nobody signs on for what they're seeing. They deserve every extra dollar we can throw at them.
