Posted on 07/01/2008 5:23:13 PM PDT by neverdem
FReepmail me if you want on or off my New York ping list.
And you are sure of this because of some facts you read somewhere? Or is speculate the word you maybe mighta shoulda used?
I live near Kings County Hospital, which unfortunately has had a bad reputation. The news about this person who was left neglected didn’t surprise me at all.
Your experience is similar to a friend of mine. For 5 days ahwnever got her face washed or teeth cleaned. The bed sheets weren’t changed and she was discharged - with two bedsores - and no one at her home to care for her. She couldn’t even walk.
I have another friend, a single guy who just happens to be a millionaire. He got a sponge bath every eight hours. The nurses were all over him. Coincidence? I think not.
Government health care strikes again. Barry Hussein wants to guarantee this level of care for every citizen in the USA.
Feel better?
What a horrible experience. I can tell you that would never happen in the place where I work. I’m a nurse aide and have never left anyone unattended in the shower. We aren’t even allowed to.
I’m glad you are of sound mind and body.
Oh my. Crack. You’re perfectly healthy and have all your marbles. Some people aren’t so lucky.
Terrible. You aren’t SUPPOSED to discriminate in nursing care or healthcare in general for that matter. However, I’m not surprised to hear young single moneybags got better treatment. I’d rather not know such details about a patient actually. Some readily volunteer and I usually tell them it doesn’t matter. I take care of everyone just the same.
Oh, my insurance was paying their salary - so they didn’t have to do a damned thing for me. Nada.
And, I was:
1. A classy lady
2. An intelligent lady
3. A lady that didn’t whine or yell or complain - (I just begged and pleaded)
4. An educated lady
5. A totally shocked and surprised lady - at the treatment I received.
And how was I discriminated against? I was weak - they were strong - and I had no choices but to take what I was given.
or just maybe he dismissed it as "well, she finally fell asleep" = after having sat in a hard chair for 24 hours = and, according to the report, patients were sometimes left even longer.
Try sitting for 24 hours in a chair like that - probably without food or water...and see if you might roll off, inable to keep awake.
Wow I don’t know what to say except to report them to the Department of Health :(
It wouldn’t make any difference, Cy. From what I hear - all major hospitals are the same - show up to work - clock in - collect your paycheck - go home and forget it.
There apparently is a very large percentage of patients that have no health care coverage - no insurance. And they demand everything they can get. Every five minutes. And those of us who pay our own way are ignored.
Whenever you go into a hospital you need to have someone right there monitoring your care. Ideally it is a male and a lawyer or a physician. You need to have an advocate there constantly to insure you are getting the right tests, meds and even the right food.
Even with an advocate you’re not always safe. There was a woman who was a writer for the Boston Globe who went into a Boston hospital for chemotherapy. I think she was the health/medical writer and her husband was a lawyer. She and two other women were given the incorrect dose of chemo. She died from the error.
It’s best not to get sick and best to stay out of hospitals if you can.
Complaints don’t mean much unless you are willing to post the name of the hospital where you were abused like this.
Two words for your next visit..patient advocate
Well, darlin’, did I complain? I don’t remember complaining - If I remember correctly - I stated a fact. I stated how I was treated. I do not remember one word of ‘whine’ or ‘complaint’.
I was treated abusively. That is not complaining - it is a fact. I will FM you the name of the hospital - but I do not choose to open myself to a lawsuit or litigation for posting the name of the hospital on a VERY public forum.
I am sure you will understand, Ott. If you don’t, that is not my problem. Have a good night. ;-)
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