Stop the Madness
Robert Smithson
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Title:
Stop the Madness
Creator:
Robert Smithson
Date:
6/20/2003
Text:
I have been following this Ossur debate over the past few weeks and have been looking forward to the Ossur reply.
Let me give you Yanks a translation as to what Ossurs message was in short the message was You can all go stuff it.
Cannot help but notice the language in the Ossur reply, quote, Following both the letter and the overall intent of the law is of critical importance to Ossur. Ossur obtains the information for its amputee database through amputee sign-ups at consumer trade shows and our Web site, as well as incoming phone calls, end quote.
Translation, Ossur has found a loop hole and they will send info to your patients, whether you like it or not. Second, all those brochures, posters and Flex Foot clinics patients our patients had access to over the years are how Ossur got the patients to call and sign up.
I call for in the UK to take notice of what Ossur is up to and call for everyone in USA and on this list serve to make a posting to confirm that effective immediately, everyone that is not on the coveted OAF should boycott all Ossur products.
Pay VERY CLOSE ATTENTION here everyone, if we do not boycott Ossur now, we will have serious problems down the road. If Ossur can pull this off in the USA, they will then try this abroad; it is quoted in one of the articles that they will branch out if it works in the US.
This is our chance to let this rouge supplier know that this is unacceptable and we will not tolerate such blatant disregard to our industry. If Ossur succeeds in this program, it will not be long until every supplier has a similar program and we will be at the mercy of the suppliers. Stop ordering Ossur products today, I trust you, they will hear our call and heed our warning and stop the madness.
JA Smithton
Prosthetist
Nottingham, UK
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Let me give you Yanks a translation as to what Ossurs message was in short the message was You can all go stuff it.
Cannot help but notice the language in the Ossur reply, quote, Following both the letter and the overall intent of the law is of critical importance to Ossur. Ossur obtains the information for its amputee database through amputee sign-ups at consumer trade shows and our Web site, as well as incoming phone calls, end quote.
Translation, Ossur has found a loop hole and they will send info to your patients, whether you like it or not. Second, all those brochures, posters and Flex Foot clinics patients our patients had access to over the years are how Ossur got the patients to call and sign up.
I call for in the UK to take notice of what Ossur is up to and call for everyone in USA and on this list serve to make a posting to confirm that effective immediately, everyone that is not on the coveted OAF should boycott all Ossur products.
Pay VERY CLOSE ATTENTION here everyone, if we do not boycott Ossur now, we will have serious problems down the road. If Ossur can pull this off in the USA, they will then try this abroad; it is quoted in one of the articles that they will branch out if it works in the US.
This is our chance to let this rouge supplier know that this is unacceptable and we will not tolerate such blatant disregard to our industry. If Ossur succeeds in this program, it will not be long until every supplier has a similar program and we will be at the mercy of the suppliers. Stop ordering Ossur products today, I trust you, they will hear our call and heed our warning and stop the madness.
JA Smithton
Prosthetist
Nottingham, UK
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Citation
Robert Smithson, “Stop the Madness,” Digital Resource Foundation for Orthotics and Prosthetics, accessed November 8, 2024, https://library.drfop.org/items/show/221413.
