Woman dies in hopital waiting room

[Laura's Babies]

Can you believe that? I wondered if they thought she was faking and how in the world you could fake throwing up blood? This is AMERICA people, you don't ignore someone that sick! That hospital should be held accountable and have the books thrown at them. 2 people called 911 and there was nothing they could do? Send a ambulance to get her and take her to another hospital where she could get HELP!

This whole story is WRONG! Things like this should not happen in AMERICA!

[lizbud]

Richard, I understand that this hospital had the worst record ever and
other incidents of gross errors were also made against them. (King/Drew)
Why were they even operating at all? They said mostly poor, no insurance
patients are treated (or not) there. Is that true?

[Edwina's Secretary]

Why were they even operating at all? They said mostly poor, no insurance
patients are treated (or not) there. Is that true?

Yes, it is a hospital...like County General or Cook County Hospital...that serves mostly poor, uninsured people. But for them...it is better than no medical care at all I suppose.

Because our medical delivery system is focused on those with insurance...this is where the uninsured go. What number of Americans are uninsured? 47 million or so? Scary? And none of us really know if we will be one of the 47 million tomorrow.

Is there a healthcare crisis?

[ratdogg]

i read about this story on some local news website and they had the 911 tapes to listen to. It was really astounding to listen to the dispatcher say it isn't an emergency.

[RICHARD]

Richard, I understand that this hospital had the worst record ever and
other incidents of gross errors were also made against them. (King/Drew)
Why were they even operating at all? They said mostly poor, no insurance
patients are treated (or not) there. Is that true?

True.


There have been numerous problems at this 'hospital' in the last few years.

Mostly in the way it's run.....There was the head of radiology who was 'working' more than 24 hours in a day!

I don't remember the exact details, but he would put down that he worked something like 28 hours in a day, then get paid overtime for them,

[Freedom]

That poor woman had been in THAT EMERGENCY room before; this was her THIRD trip for the same illness!

Has anyone heard WHAT she had? I hope it wasn't contagious; there were lots of folks in the waiting area.

[wombat2u2004]

True.


There have been numerous problems at this 'hospital' in the last few years.

Mostly in the way it's run.....There was the head of radiology who was 'working' more than 24 hours in a day!

I don't remember the exact details, but he would put down that he worked something like 28 hours in a day, then get paid overtime for them,

28 hours in a day huh ??? And he got paid for that ???? Sounds like the pay clerk needs to go back to kindergarten.
Wom