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To: george76
Hall says the child was treated at a hospital emergency room Dec. 30 for a fever and a rash. Two days later, the lethargic and feverish child was brought back and died in the emergency room.

So the emergency room sent a sick child home to die.

Providing that the parents knew and told the ER that he had been bit this sounds like malpractice.

12 posted on 03/19/2015 1:52:32 PM PDT by Harmless Teddy Bear (Proud Infidel, Gun Nut, Religious Fanatic and Freedom Fiend)
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To: Harmless Teddy Bear
Your comment amazes me.

First of all, I poked around on the net and found that according to a local news report, the rat bite history was not disclosed by the parents until after the baby had died.

A baby with a rash and a vague history of respiratory symptoms might best be admitted, but most are sent home because of the sheer volume of kids with URI symptoms and rashes. Out of necessity many infants with the same presentation would not be admitted by most ER physicians.

But 'not admitted' does NOT mean 'abandoned' or "blown off".

EVERY time someone leaves the ER they or their caretakers are told repeatedly to return if things get worse. I am sure the staff did this. In fact, they have regulations so that every ER has to have a good follow-up plan for discharges.

But these snake-and-rat people apparently waited until the child was nearly dead before bringing him back.

And the best part is, you think that physicians should finance this sort of idiocy on the part of the parents, and that the physicians should be publicly tried. You probably would like to see the ER physician go to jail, I bet.

Makes me sick in this day and age that millions of morons won't accept the terrible consequences of their chronic catastrophic stupidity.

It is why the world is such a mess today.

Wonder why Americans have zero common sense?

Because most people hearing this story, would as well seek to blame the physician, instead of the stone stupid and reckless parents who set up this bizarre situation with their weird and vain hobbies.

19 posted on 03/19/2015 3:48:31 PM PDT by caddie
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