Through a contact, it was established that he had no interest whatsoever in talking to the media or responding to the charges made against him.

e3300eb16b6f8e5bae9c229bc9332b8bOur Sunday story on patient safety indicators among Texas' larger hospitals drew a rather heated response from Dr. Daniel K. Podolsky, president of UT Southwestern Medical Center. His University Hospital-St. Paul finished rather badly in the standings, and Dr. Podolsky accused us of cooking the books.? His theories are incorrect - we played it straight, and we included all the necessary caveats about the limitations of our data - but maybe, if you care about journalism or health care, you'll find our dialogue to be an interesting debate.? As usual in these cases, we've printed Dr. Podolsky's full comments below, along with our response.

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Cancer can stop the liver doing its job properly and can cause these functions to fail completely.

Asma says she has asked him several times whether he regretted joining the opposition.