Posted on 01/21/2006 4:15:11 PM PST by Popman
Play the video on the link
My reaction was does she and her husband speak English? But even if they don't surely the hospitals would have translators.
The hospital's reaction looks a lot like CYA and they don't have anything to cover it with so they are trying to put it aff in the hope they can figure out something. That's LOOKS LIKE from the information in this item.
generally speaking, the rate of infections in most US hospitals is astonishingly high. as a general rule, get out of there as fast as you can after a procedure requiring a hospital stay - the post procedure chance of infection in the hospital can do alot more to harm you the underlying condition you went in for.
the former NYS lieutenant governor is on a crusade over this now:
http://www.wstm.com/Global/story.asp?S=3624522
http://www.hospitalinfection.org/
I suppose any wisecracks about her lawyer's last name would be tasteless, right?
a href=http://mfile.akamai.com/12939/wmv/vod.ibsys.com/2006/0119/6254221.300k.asx>Direct link to video.</a>
I am sure she knew she had an infection and would need surgery.
I believe her complaint is the hospital was negligent in letting her caught the infection in the first place.
You're bad. :}
Hospitals are full of strange Staph and Strep infections. The fact that this one doesnt want to give information tells me they have a bad record and a lot of other peoploe have become infected.
When the hospital told her she would have to sue to get information.I wouldnt have hesitated saying. " Dont worry about that sweetheart, Consider it done."
Looks like the only way this place will clean up their act is when it gets more expensive to pay the lawsuits than it is to clean the place.
If true....
I guess She'll OWN the Hospital Assets/Doctors' lifetime earnings...did the Medical staff, GO SAW-HAPPY?
The family has yet to sue for damages. They want to know if any other patients had contracted the same bacterial infection during that time. From what I have read, when she developed a rash the staff first blamed an allergy to sheets, then when she complained of severe stomach pain they told her that it was a normal thing after having a baby. She had to have a hysterectomy,too. If this woman can't get a straight answer who can?
http://www.contracostatimes.com/mld/cctimes/news/nation/13681252.htm
I don't think we are getting the whole story here.
Dang...I goofed, again... ;-)
We seem to be missing a HUGE part of the story.
The hospital, in a letter, wrote that if she wanted to find out exactly what happened, she would have to sue them.
I'd bet my house that that letter did NOT say that.
She knows she didn't leave the hospital the same
What horrendous writing.
Dan
Ditto.
Son of a... This is unreal. Has anyone checked Snopes for this story?
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