Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) co-founder and CEO Steve Jobs, 54, had a liver transplant about two months ago, according to a report by the Wall Street Journal. There has been lots of speculation about Jobs’ health condition since he first addressed this issue at an Apple event in October. It was obvious that Jobs was seriously ill, given his worsening physical shape at that time.
Jobs is going to return to Apple part-time in late June or early July already, but his future position in the company remains uncertain. It is possible that Apple COO and interim CEO Tim Cook will play a more important leading role and that he will be voted to the company’s board of directors soon.
During Jobs’ time off Cook was able to double Apple’s stock price. Although this can hardly be ascribed to Cook’s transitional role as CEO, some analysts think he would be the right person to lead Apple in the future.
From some of the comments I read at other sites about this news, a lot of people are angry about this. How can Jobs be the “sickest patient on the waiting list”? Seems that the hospital that did the surgery saw dollar signs and a “free publicity” opportunity to make more money.
Doctors are the number one killers in America. Not car accidents, plane crashes or cancer. Doctors. Healthcare has become so expensive that those who REALLY do need to have treatments cannot afford it unless if doctors and hospitals can screw your health insurance over real good.
Put the blame for healthcare cost where it really belongs. Greedy doctors and big pharmaceutical companies. The medical industry is not in the business of “saving lives”. They are in the business of generating death. Death makes them money. Not life. Not natural items, herbs and plants.
In essence, doctors who take the “hippocratic oath” of “do no harm” are just hypocrites. Knowledge is power. You have to be your own doctor, medical advocate and do your own research. Because if you don’t, the choice will be made for you. And the choice won’t be in your “best interest”.