Thanks to all. Go to www.quackwatch.org for a full summary
of recent news reports on LVI. The ethics department of the
American Academy of Ophthalmology is investigating. Send
any medical doctor ethical issues to ethics@.... Send
alleged criminal action issues to Charlie Crist, Attorney
General of Florida. Office of Attorney General Charlie Crist
State of Florida, The Capitol PL-01, Tallahassee, FL 32399-
1050. There are several ongoing civil complaints against the
company.
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From: "Jen" <princessinboston@...>
Reply-To: eyegw@yahoogroups.com
Date: Tue, 25 Nov 2003 23:18:09 -0000

>I worked for this company and it was the BIGGEST mistake
that I have
>ever made and it seems to haunt me over and over again.
>
>I was suppose to work for LVI as front desk/receptionist on
a mobile
>unit. I took this job for the chance to travel and see the
world.
>Instead, I was forced to do pre and post of on patients and I
had NO
>MEDICAL training! YES NONE. This is where my problem
began. I was
>in NJ on a trip and as usual, LVI was low on staff. The
person in
>charge AMY WHITE basically wanted me to do pre/post op
on patients.
>I told her that I was VERY UNCOMFORTABLE doing this since
I had NO
>medical training. She said to me, "Are you saying that you
do not
>want to help us out? Are you saying that you want us to
send you
>home." I was in shock and being in a BAD financial status I
had no
>choice but to stay. Now that I think of it NO MONEY could
even come
>close to having me work for somewhere like that. I ended
up catching
>an infectious disease which I believe I caught from a patient.
>Stupid me did not know the importance of wearing gloves
and being
>untrained about infectious diseases did not know how to
prevent
>getting them. I am now so afraid that I could have gotten
any other
>number of diseases and now I get disease tested frequenly
just out of
>peace of mind. Especially since on this mobile unit there
was never
>any running water so FORGET about washing your hands.
>
>I myself reported this company to OSHA. And they are
investigating
>them. I guess that I am the only one that has reported them
to OSHA
>so please if you have also worked there do everyone a favor
and
>REPORT THIS COMPANY.
>Please have some morals. You can prevent bad things from
happening
>to others by trying to have them shut down. Restaraunts are
more
>regulated than this place.
>
>I am so sorry for anyone that has has bad things happen to
them
>because of this comany and for anyone who turned out ok
TRUST ME YOU
>ARE LUCKY! I saw what happened and I know how BAD this
company is.
>Please help in trying to put an end to this company!
>Write to politicians, the board of doctors (report the doctors
one by
>one), write to your news channels and newspapers.
>
>
>
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