bad hospital experience
bad hospital experience
bad hospital experience#1
Posted: 7/2/08 at 11:31pm
i debated on whether or not to post about this but i feel like i have alot of friends here who wouldn't judge me for something like this.
from the 19th to the 26th i was inpatient in the psych unit at uconn. i got admitted for depression. i was supposed to stay untill the 27th but signed myself out a day early because i was physically abused by a nurse on the unit. i reported her but i have a feeling nothing will be done about it because after the nursing manager told her i reported her she had this dumb smirk on her face all day and laughed about it with the other nurses.
i had to go to the ER after i was discharged (two days later) because of an infection that (surprise) i picked up on the less than sanitary unit.
they saw that i had been an inpatient and what unit i was on and i was treated like crap. the infection was in my upper arm (it started at an iv site that was never cleaned by the staff) and the doctor said he needed to feel under my arm to feel my lymph nodes. he felt under my arm and they started to move a little bit at a time to my chest until i had to tell him to stop and that he was being inappropriate. he just shrugged and didn't say anything.
i know several people who have had wonderful experiences at the uconn emergency room, people who say the doctors and nurses and cnas are really great.
why is it that if you've been to a hospital for a problem like depression, the staff from the rest of the hospital thinks it's ok to treat you like you're less of a person?
i went there voluntarily, and i'm treated like this as a result?
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re: bad hospital experience#2
Posted: 7/3/08 at 1:20pmI think you should contact a lawyer. Get documentation of that infection.
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re: bad hospital experience#3
Posted: 7/3/08 at 6:54pm
A woman in NYC was literally left to die in the waiting room of a city hospital where the indifference to her plight was mind blowing.
Watch a movie called The Hospital with George C Scott. It is over 30 years old & scary because it is still relevant today.
re: bad hospital experience#4
Posted: 7/3/08 at 7:52pmit's not even the infection i'm the most upset about. it's how i was treated.
Ugly is beautiful
"My brother plays a drag queen... and I'm surprised he looks as good as he does in drag." - Adam Rapp
"thanks, abba. now i'll forever have an image of you as a tattoed hardcore straightedge grrl savaging people in the mosh pit." - papalovesmambo
"Yeah Abba. All the filthy crap you spew out there on those boards. I for one, am equally shocked. :-P" - AnnaK
re: bad hospital experience#5
Posted: 7/4/08 at 9:54pmomg this is crazy madness!
re: bad hospital experience#6
Posted: 7/5/08 at 1:42amYeah, I understand that, but to develop a case you need all the evidence you can get.
re: bad hospital experience#7
Posted: 7/6/08 at 8:49amI agree with the above (re: documenting EVERYTHING in detail and contacting an attorney). You will also want to file a grievance through your insurance company. Sometimes (sadly) the only way a facility will resolve a complaint is when the insurance company refuses to reimburse them for the (awful) care provided - money (or lack thereof) talks.
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re: bad hospital experience#8
Posted: 7/6/08 at 9:24am
Use your PC to google reported incidents like this. You need to find out which ones went to trial and who the winning prosecuting attorneys were. No joke. You're not the only person who was treated this way and they need to find other patients who had the same problem and get them to agree to testify in court. You can't do this on your own but an attorney's office with experience in this kind of litigation will know where to go with it.
There's strength in numbers. You can't do it on your own because if you try, their experience and reputation will mean that they'll always win.
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re: bad hospital experience#9
Posted: 7/6/08 at 10:00am
TOTAL threadjack - 'Hi', Mamie. Hope you are well.
Ok, back to business.
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re: bad hospital experience#10
Posted: 7/6/08 at 10:15am
TOTAL threadjack, Part II - I'm getting better but my laptop has completely died. I just got this new laptop and there's something screwy in it that's driving me crazy - but at least I can finally get on.
Returning the thread to sweet Abba and her serious problems.
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re: bad hospital experience#11
Posted: 7/6/08 at 12:05pmI'm so sorry that you have gone through this, AbbaRabbit! I work as a psychiatric counselor for a community-based organization and your situation is sadly not unique. I've seen hospitals mistreat and under-treat people that I work with because they only see a diagnosis instead of a human and I find it to be absolutely sickening. I would advise you to get in touch with your legal representative and to write a letter to the hospital administration outlining your experience there.
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re: bad hospital experience#12
Posted: 7/6/08 at 12:17pmAlso: check to see if UConn has a patient advocate. It's that person's job to make formal reports within the hospital admin. Write letters also to the pres & reps of the board of directors of the hospital.
re: bad hospital experience#13
Posted: 7/6/08 at 6:27pm
i'm going to write to the uconn patient services person.
i'm actually typing this from the hospital (again) beacuse the picc not only caused an infection, but a blood clot as well. they've been pumping me full of blood thinners since last night. oh happy day.
at least i'm at hartford hospital where they're treating me like a person this time.
Ugly is beautiful
"My brother plays a drag queen... and I'm surprised he looks as good as he does in drag." - Adam Rapp
"thanks, abba. now i'll forever have an image of you as a tattoed hardcore straightedge grrl savaging people in the mosh pit." - papalovesmambo
"Yeah Abba. All the filthy crap you spew out there on those boards. I for one, am equally shocked. :-P" - AnnaK
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