Blog: Recruiting doctors

I found this study to be logical because Syracuse is not necessarily a desired place because of its extreme weather. I wanted to get hard data from the medical professions in Upstate New York, but everyone I interviewed passed me on to someone else. No one actually wanted to provide the evidence that proves the decrease in young Upstate doctors.

I feel that they don't want to scare the public and are trying to keep the crisis under wrap until they can fix it. Some people did address that they were short-staffed, and that's why they couldn't comment in the first place. Others used the excuse, "I don't think I have the material you are looking for" or "I'm not the person you should be talking to". Some people demanded not to be quoted even though they didn't say anything incriminating. The entire time I felt like the health services in Syracuse were hiding something.

The one man who granted me an interview, was Ronald Lagoe. The Executive Director of the Hospital Executive Council was kind enough to provide me with some information. The council is in charge of all four of Syracuse's hospitals. As posted, he said that the hospitals don't necessarily have a recruiting program. So it may be quite possible that the hospitals are working on establishing recruiting programs before they release the claimed truth that they do have some problems.