Alternative Medicine Hits the Emergency Room!

What would happen if ~~quacks~~ alternative medicine types ran emergency rooms:

July 4, 2009 - Posted by blueollie | humor, politics/social, superstition | | 2 Comments

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I love it Ollie

I always think it’s funny in a morbid way how the true believers in all this alternative medicine crap end up back with “traditional” medicine when they are really sick

Dr. X

Comment by Dr. Andy | July 5, 2009 | Reply
Dr. A: unfortunately, my “political side” has many who are willing to embrace stuff like this (e. g., Senator Harkin of Iowa, who I like for the most part).

Comment by blueollie | July 5, 2009 | Reply

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