Some hospitals in Canada will soon charge pregnant patients to identify the sex of the fetus. A fee of 50 Canadian dollars will be charged if the sex of the baby can be determined. If the sex cant be determined, the fee will be refunded. It is interesting to note that the sex will not be mentioned by the Sonographer, but will be part of the official Radiologists report to be sent to the patient's physician. The sex of the baby will only be revealed after the patient completes her 20th week of pregnancy. This is done primarily to thwart abortions by patients unhappy with the sex of the fetus. In India and China, many female babies are aborted because of social stigma associated with having females.
"The College of Physicians and Surgeons is against fetal gender determination for non-medical purposes on the grounds that they may violate the principle of equity between males and females and may set a precedent for "eugenic decisions that are socially repugnant."
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"Nearly 4,000 tests for heart disease performed over the last three years at Harlem Hospital Center — more than half of all such tests performed — were never read by doctors charged with making a diagnosis, hospital officials
I know what you are saying. I am a 24 year registered sonographer and the last hospital I worked in the cardiologists ran the echo tape in fast forward and while the tape was running fast forward looked at the technical sheet with the calculations and ejection fraction percentage that was performed by the sonographer. I don't know about you, but if I have an echo of my heart done I expect the interpreting physician to actually read my tape, that's what I'm paying for. I am now presently working at a top 100 hospital, teaching facility and every echo tape is viewed by the interpreting physician at normal play speed even if they, (staff physicians) are not with a fellow or resident. Doctors are mostly about a fast buck for the least amount of work. Sad but true as the great Metallica would say!!!!!
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