Woman dies in hospital waiting room.

**RICHARD** · 07-03-2008, 02:51 PM

Originally Posted by Genny

I didn't hear about that; what happened?

A woman sat in a pych hospital waiting room for 24 hours. They have a video tape of her falling out of her chair and dying on the floor while other patients and staff looked on.

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STE,

I hear you.

Sometimes you have to step over the line and make things right, rules be damned.

**RICHARD** · 07-08-2008, 07:36 PM

I was reading the paper the other day and I saw a hospital that is putting ATM style machines that will be used to check yourself in for doctor's appointments...

I can hardly wait to see that Cluster F go into operation!!!!!

**DJFyrewolf36** · 07-09-2008, 02:22 AM

I saw this on the news the other day and was appalled. I also know the annoyance of questioning doctors. When Nina died, I questioned the doctor as to what possibly could have happened and I ended up getting YELLED at by the doctor.

I never did get a real answer either.
The whole medical system in this country is fouled up, and it only seems to get worse. People afraid of getting sued and always wanting to pass the blame onto someone else, sometimes even on to the patient. Its incredibly sad.
I wonder how many more incidents of people not getting help will have to happen before people stand up and start doing the right thing.

**smokey the elder** · 07-09-2008, 07:23 AM

I read that the two security guards, the head of security, and several medical personnel were fired over this. It won't bring the poor woman back but points up egregious failures in some of our systems.

**4 Dog Mother** · 07-09-2008, 09:06 AM

I had not heard of this before and am shocked that it happened. I have been very lucky at the ER here in town. Last year I was given a drug for restless legs that started doing other weird things to my body - even chest and back pain to the extreme. Carl dropped me at the ER door while he went to find a parking place - the ER was quite busy that night. Some ambulance drivers evidently had just dropped a patient off and saw me obviously in a lot of pain. One of them escorted me into the ER, rang the bell for someone to come, when they did not come immediately he went back into the ER, brought someone back with him and even though I told them I was pretty sure it wasn't my heart but was chest pain, they had me into a room to be seen immediately. Of course, they couldn't just go on my word it wasn't hear related seeing how much pain I was in so they did an EKG right away. It took time and they couldn't come up with what was causing the pain but they did get me to the point where the pain was aleviated and I could go home. A lot of people complain about our ER and sometimes it is slow but
having been there with Christy's kids several times this year, I think they do an excellent job. I also cannot imagine the receptionist or security guards not doing something if someone was having some sort of obvious trouble.

Along with that, after more testing and testing, and no results to what was causing the pain and other symptoms, I started to do my own research. I also talked to my pharmacist because they often know more about the drugs and the side effects than the doctors. The two pharmacists at the store we go to both did research and found the information I needed. The drs. office called and I told her my findings. Later that day the dr. called me personally and questioned me. He was on is computer and started telling me that the other symptoms were not listed. He was going alphebetically to make sure I knew nothing like that was listed. He was only on letter i and I told him to skip to the p's and was this listed. He didn't reply to that but just said okay, we need to get you off that medication.

I do agree that doctors are too often swayed by drug companies and use whatever they are told is the best and newest on the market. And for a lot of people it works -- but they can't write off that others are crazy when they start having unusual symptoms either!