Our paper Had an article about Mr. Duncan's condition when he first went to the hospital. The article mentioned that the nurse entered a temperature of 103° when he was first received in the ER and that he had been to Africa and of course listed his other symptoms. The article also said that in the computer documentation a temperature of the hundred and 3° was highlighted with the red exclamation point. The! In documentation is a signal but something should or must be done. Funny that the doctors documentation indicated that he had no fever. The hospital change this story three times on what happened that might've caused us to Duncan to fall through the cracks. I suspect the nurse who triaged this patient was very vocal because it look like the blame was being put on her or him. This nurse probably had discussions with the hospitals risk management department. I want to complain to the risk management department of the hospital I worked in because a patient who had recently given birth was threatened in the emergency room that she would not receive any pain medication unless she went to a public hospital. This patient did not have any private insurance and was only covered by Medicaid, and she was distraught the whole time she was in the hospital after having her baby. If you don't think hospitals deliver preferential treatment you may be lucky that you never received it.
Hi, I'd like to take issue with that. I'm on SSI and stuck with medicaid( better than nothing I guess). In Jan 14 I was sick for awhile and after quite awhile I ended up going to ER. Disclosure: I picked a really good hospital in my area to go to. So I thought. I also have Fibromyalgia, arthritis, severe snarkitis. I think they told me I might be contagious(BS), I ended up in a big beautiful private room for 6 days. But I was sick too, and drugged alot. Infection in my stomach, can't pronounce it, let alone spell it. I was sick so I didn't say much( I had no internet on my Obama phone:facepalm::laughing:, that's a luxury on SSI) but I got up 1 day was kinda walking around my room and I found a thermator box and stethscope(new box), unused. I was livid. I called a nurse down and asked where they came from and why they were never used on me? No answer. I wanted out, was I a patient or a Medicaid moneybag?
After 6 days I was so happy to get out and feel better, I let it go, the extra items, but I shouldn't have. The hospitals abuse the system. But my Grandaughter loved the stethscope, we listened to each other heart beats, and she can yell loud into too( snothead:loveyou
Thanks Medicaid, I did get well, you got ripped off bigtime.
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This whole Ebola thing is making me crazy, but I'm not scared of getting it. I'm more afraid of getting sick again and Medicaid raiding the Gov. piggy bank or falling on my
on ice this winter than getting Ebola.
