Woman Left in CT Scanner for Hours

Brietbart ^ | 28 Sep 07 | none

[SkyPilot]

I don't know what to think," Tellez said in Spanish. "I think and think and think, but I can't understand it."

Yo no entiendo.

[frankjr]

El burro es un animal de trabajo.

[Old Sarge]

"I don't know what to think," Tellez said in Spanish. "I think and think and think, but I can't understand it."

"I don't know what you're saying,", Old Sarge said in English. "I listen and listen and listen, but I can't understand it."

[capt. norm]

sheriff's deputies arriving at the oncology office had her unlock the office door to let them in

How badly trapped in there could she have been if she had to unlock the door for the deputies from the inside?

[mnehring]

Maybe the reporter was educated in the Public School system and Ms. Tellez was just trying to communicate to him in a language he would understand?

[cricket]

"My guess is she was lying on the table, waiting and waiting and nobody told her she could go home."

. . .that is not quite the way it works when you are 'on the table' inside a CT scanner. . .

. ..but whatever, a horrible ordeal. . .

[whipitgood]

And what person would stay inside the scanner for five HOURS? Think maybe she fell asleep in there?

[HereInTheHeartland]

” in a CT scanner for hours “

Wait till she gets the bill, they probably will bill her for the time in there.

[Proud_USA_Republican]

Who wants to bet the family knows the english words, “I sue”.

[Balding_Eagle]

Because the cash settlement for 30 minutes is too small.

[BurbankKarl]

I dont know about now, but I had a couple CAT scans in the 80s....and it was an ordeal I tell you. First, I had a herniated disc from college football...they contorted me into the most painful position imagineable and started the process. I got claustrophic going into the machine, and kind of freaked watching that red laser shooting around....

I am not sure how it is today, but I am guess they told her to be still and she fell asleep.

[Slump Tester]

"Who wants to bet the family knows the english words, “I sue”."

So you would be perfectly OK with it if it happened to you or your mother?

[I see my hands]

"I'm trying to think but nothing happens" - Curly

[awakened]

Wow ! I can’t believe some of the responses from FReepers on this one. She’s a 67 year old bone cancer patient who got stranded in an awful situation. Have a heart.

[libbylu]

The rad office I worked for once left a woman in the office and went home after an x-ray....the cleaning people found her.

[Wombat Ark]

Awakened ... thanks much, you got to the keyboard before I could. Most of what I read on FR is reasonable. These reactions weren’t. As to suing — I would. In a clinic, leaving someone with orders not to move, and then going home, is unconscionable. Being mildly claustrophobic I would’ve freaked.

[mylife]

I agree. The woman was probably terrified and it sounds as if the health care people are treating her like a number.

welcome to Hillary care

[Azzurri]

Wow ! I can’t believe some of the responses from FReepers on this one. She’s a 67 year old bone cancer patient who got stranded in an awful situation. Have a heart.

No kidding. Not to mention that it's possible that her cancer had spread to her brain, since she was getting a CT scan, so we can't presume she had all the necessary mental faculties to have reacted differently than she did. Sad story, whether she's American, Mexican, or whatever.

[Mad Dawg]

Para Ingles, imprima el dos.

[Mad Dawg]

Para Ingles, imprima el dos.