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gdw Inner circle 4884 Posts |
From the uk:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/articl......kie.html The thread title probably sounds like a statement, but I was trying not to make it too lengthy. The impression seems to be that he was repeatedly ignored, being thought to be a drug addict, rather than a real sick person.
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MagicSanta Inner circle Northern Nevada 5841 Posts |
That is a dang shame. My best friend (living) had his brother go to an ER and they wrote it off as minor and told him to wait. He kept getting ignored and called Rich who drove to the hospital and he found his brother dead in the waiting room. Rich was smart enough to grab the file in the aftermath and shot a copy of it where the doctor wrote that they didn't believe him or check that he had lung disease and that had they he wouldn't have died. Rich sued the hospital and darn if the page that said that was missing, which he produced and won the case (there wasn't a lot of money but the doctor did get in trouble). On the other hand when my wife was sick at a ghetto hospital there were a lot of people there just trying to get pain meds...guess it is a call but they should have checked him out at least.
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gdw Inner circle 4884 Posts |
I forget where (country, city, etc) though I imagine I could find it, but there was a case where a woman collapsed in the waiting room, visibly fell over, and no one payed any attention. Not just the doctors, but other people in the waiting room. I believe there is video of it, but I'm not sure.
Well, that was a solid anecdote if there ever was one.
"You may say I'm a dreamer, but I'm not the only one."
I won't forget you Robert. |
MagicSanta Inner circle Northern Nevada 5841 Posts |
Every case I heard of like this was at the same hospital, where people would die who shouldn't have had they had proper treatment.
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