So....Protective services is on the way?
I have a friend who has been through similar circumstancess. She is looking up info for me (in the same state as MM). I will post you if following info is not exact (or if I get additional info).
Mesta needs a governmental patient advocate. They are obtained through the county’s HUMAN SERVICES DEPT and will represent Mesta.
Does hospital have an ombudsman? Most hospitals have one on staff. Contact them.
Going into Easter weekend. May need to make some noise. Say it’s an emergency. Doctor causing the patient extreme stress.
Keep diary of what is transpiring as best you can -— with dates/time/ who said what, etc.
Just what I was going to post more or less - patient advocate groups are all over, and the ombudsman thing. Maybe a freeper nearby could help. Someone needs to be THERE and on HER side.
This sounds really serious and I am so worried.
Just on the phone with Mesta. Now she’s on a roll, and I don’t think this dr fellow is even close to getting away with anything. You mentioned keeping a diary, I am - sort of. Just dumping entries into my automated little thingy here. Ane the last one here is a zinger. Look:
Some person, in the middle of the night, came in and and sprayed Mesta with fluid (IV-Flush) from a syringe, stating “here is your medicine”. She seemed to have been aiming the syringe at Mesta’s chest.
This is one of several bizarre encounters. Another was a person (nurse?) who came into the room, went to the bathroom door, put her head to the door, and insisted there was somebody in there, then backed out of the room.
So some things are starting to look like the twilight zone. On the other hand, Mesta has formed an alliance with the nurses who are calling in protective services and the patient advocate as necessary. She still haven’t got the name of this doctor, but she’s convinced he’s an affirmative action guy. And he doesn’t, now, show to communicate himself but sending assistants, some of whom sound very, very weird. The nurses dislike him. I think Mesta has been recruiting new Freepers, there’s a great deal of interest in the board and they all hate Obamacare.
Anyway, there’s also been a lot of phone line interference and crashes today, and the hospital is cutting incoming calls for the day now. Mesta sends thanks, and says to keep the wall of protection and prayer up, it works :).
She hasn’t been discharged yet, and with the new heart failure, they can’t of course. Also, going to a private home, as this doc was insisting (kickback scheme?) is not going to fly either.
Thank you all, FRiends.