The Woman Who Died in the Waiting Room

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  Posted By: chris s. @ 01/08/2009 9:28:38 PM

  If you hit the hopital in the pocketbook, now you have their attention and changes will happen. If they don't feel the hurt financially and damage to their reputation, nothing happens. Sorry, but those are the facts. If it were your parent, would you just accept an apology and go on your merry way? If so, good for you, but nothing will change. This is also an example of why, if at all possible, for someone to have a family member or some other STRONG advocate with you when going to the hospital.

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  Posted By: wewiseup @ 10/22/2008 11:40:01 AM

  By your comments referencing "families" in regard to their mentally ill loved ones....if you could only walk in our shoes for 1 week while our loved one is experiencing psychotic decompensation...then and only then would you know where and what the families are doing for their family member... one of the major problems in referencing families being able to help their loved one is the fact the laws are set up to protect their rights.....no matter what mental state they are in....the "systems".....Community Mental Healths (CMH's), Recipient Rights (RR's), Probate Courts, Governors, are of no help for us parents in assisting our seriously mentally ill....especiially those that experience lack of insight (anosognosia) to their illiness.....this is one family that can open up their "home" records....which would validate the corrupt manner in which the "systems" do very little if not nothing in the way of meaningful services for our loved ones. Stories such as pushing loved ones across state lines just so their precious dollars will not have to be spent on some one in their system that is a cost issue.....we even have proof that probate courts do not uphold their orders and allow CMH's to do whatever their whims are.....our answer to all of this is a class action lawsuit set up by each state (due to the laws of each state not being the same) and then and only then will the truth come out and change be met for those who so need and deserve it..

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  Posted By: abbey in nc @ 10/18/2008 8:41:59 AM

  all i have to say is this.you would be surprised at what goes on in hospitals.doctors misdiagnosing,nurses giveng wrong medication because of the misdiagnosing,how patients are left to lie in their own feces,etc.i have seen it all!!!nter Your Comment