Woman dies in hospital while being arrested

[DaemonSeid]

Originally Posted by centaur532

He doesn't have insurance. Nurse tells him there's nothing they can do because he's uninsured. Guy goes home, dead the next day.

centaur....devil's advocate...

why didn't he go to another facility?

**Kevin yo do have a point BTW**

or...why didn't (or did she) the nurse refer him to a facility that would probably see him?

It's a messed up situation no matter how u call it but somewhere along the line one has to wonder what could have been done to save this guy's live...

[OneBadZeta02]

This is a horrible situation! That was so wrong of them to let that poor woman lie there in agony. Unfortunately, some hospitals have staff that have little to no patience and especially for repeat situations in which they feel aren't "life threatning". I'm pretty sure her family will sue someone or they may offer her family compensation to avoid bad press...

[Kevin]

It wouldn't surprise me if a bunch of pain drug addicts start hitting this hospital complaining of chest paints, etc.

[DaemonSeid]

Originally Posted by Kevin

It wouldn't surprise me if a bunch of pain drug addicts start hitting this hospital complaining of chest paints, etc.

already been happening...and some of those addicts are out selling thier meds on the street too.

[UGAalum94]

How we reform the system is going to be critical. Going to more public health care run or managed by the state is going to get us more situations like the one in the OP rather than fewer. I don't want poor people to have bad health care, but I'm not interested in all of us getting the kind of care that they get as a way of equalizing the system.

In general, public health facilities are bad. Anyone with a choice doesn't seek treatment in them. More public facilities to get the costs under control equals more crappy care for you and me. Walter Reed anyone? Anybody read the mental hospital series in the Atlanta paper?

The profit margin is probably one of the big reasons most of us have the quality of care we do. Take it away, and it's going to be hard to figure out what will motivate good or excellent care.

In the dropping of the grandfather example, I'm a little confused. Unless the people moving grandpa did something specifically negligent when they dropped him, aren't they going to have some built in limits to what they can collect?

The dropping may have made the surgery necessary, but it didn't in itself cause the fatal infection. I'm sure the jury might be somewhat sympathetic, but really, had he successful recovered from the hip replacement, would you still feel the same, his family is entitled to money?

Is the term I'm looking for proximate cause, maybe?

[Tom Earp]

Ambulance service is $500.00 a trip and is part of the KCKS FD! KC Ksw.

There was a law I beleive that said any hospital is required to tend to a trauma or emergency treatment. Try that and see how it flys?

I got sick in my store and a friend took me to the nearest hospital. Some old paper pushing crone wanted my Insurance card. Hell, I was delerious and had no idea what was going on.

G W told her, Lady get a Fu*king Doctor in here now. He has Insurance! She sputtered and stammered and he looked at her and said I will kick your damn ass now!

60 Minutes this last Sunday showed how indigents were dropped on the streets with otehr homeless. Of course they were besides them selves!!! This is not our policy, RIGHT!

The three biggest money making businesses are Oil, Health Insurance, and
Pharmachaticals. Biggest lobbiest and covered very well by our duly elected Morons!