(AP) Dr. Michael DeBakey, the world-famous cardiovascular surgeon who pioneered such now-common procedures as bypass surgery and invented a host of devices to help heart patients, died Friday night at The Methodist Hospital in Houston, officials announced. He was 99.
DeBakey died from "natural causes," according to a written statement issued early Saturday by spokesmen for Baylor College of Medicine and The Methodist Hospital.
And under what type of medical care system did this brilliant man develop these modern medical miracle procedures?
Oh. That's right. A privatize, free enterprise health care system. You know. The one which all the rest of the world comes to when it wants the best....
