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Too bad. I hope they can get over their anger soon, too...

Here is my thread...

Rest in peace...

They may get over their anger but that doesn't absolve the hospital. The following is all anecdotal, but I'm not making it up:

My parents live in Miami. A friend of theirs injured his leg (a deep gash) and my mom took him to Mt. Sinai (the same hospital where Maurice Gibbs died). Dennis (my family's friend) was put in a bed, where "nurses" who spoke no English (only Creole) kept taking his blood pressure and giving him aspirin (in other words doing f__k-all) for over 36 hours. Meanwhile he was in agony the whole time and a serious infection set into the wound (he later nearly lost the leg). It took my mom screaming at and nearly physically assaulting a doctor in the hallway for them to pay any attention to him (she was escorted away by security but Dennis finally got some treatment). In my opinion (and the opinion of people I know who have either been treated there or have worked there) Mt. Sinai is primarily in the business of taking in wealthy Miami Beach retirees who are terminal and keeping them alive long enough to siphon away all their medical insurance (and family savings if available). Actually treating sick and injured people in a competent manner is not a priority. They shut down their emergency room some years ago, simply because it wasn't returning a large-enough profit

The moral of the story is, if you're in Miami and you get seriously hurt or sick, go to Jackson Memorial. Your chances of emerging alive are much better.