UofMTigerTim
1st String
Posts: 1,423
Joined: Mar 2004
Reputation: 168
I Root For:
Location:
|
Baltimore hospital patient discharged only in gown on cold night
|
|
01-11-2018 04:31 PM |
|
Fitbud
Banned
Posts: 30,983
Joined: Dec 2011
I Root For: PAC 12
Location:
|
RE: Baltimore hospital patient discharged only in gown on cold night
So what. As long as some tax payers saved money am I right?
|
|
01-11-2018 04:35 PM |
|
UofMstateU
Legend
Posts: 39,084
Joined: Dec 2009
Reputation: 3551
I Root For: Memphis
Location:
|
RE: Baltimore hospital patient discharged only in gown on cold night
Michelle Obama used to get paid a hefty salary in order to shuffle patients out of her hospital, and into one that would do this.
|
|
01-11-2018 04:35 PM |
|
UTSAMarineVet09
Corporal of the Board.
Posts: 16,354
Joined: Oct 2011
Reputation: 1271
I Root For: UTSA
Location: West Michigan
|
RE: Baltimore hospital patient discharged only in gown on cold night
thanks oblundercare!
|
|
01-11-2018 04:39 PM |
|
shere khan
Southerner
Posts: 60,509
Joined: Mar 2004
Reputation: 7458
I Root For: Tulane
Location: Teh transfer portal
|
RE: Baltimore hospital patient discharged only in gown on cold night
Baltitroit
|
|
01-11-2018 04:47 PM |
|
Hambone10
Hooter
Posts: 40,279
Joined: Nov 2005
Reputation: 1284
I Root For: My Kids
Location: Right Down th Middle
|
RE: Baltimore hospital patient discharged only in gown on cold night
As bad as this looks, there is a lot that is very unclear.
1) the patient was 'discharged' from the ER, meaning she wasn't admitted to the hospital.... meaning that she didn't have a medical reason to be occupying the ER.
2) 4 'security' people escorted her out, which implies that she wouldn't leave voluntarily
3) you don't usually get a 'gown' in the ER unless your clothes hinder the evaluation... and they would have her put her clothes back on
We can be sympathetic, but this once again seems like people drawing conclusions based on appearances and not investigating details. ERs are not 'shelters' and social workers don't work at midnight. Healthcare laws prevent hospitals from taking in patients without actual medical conditions because then they can't get rid of them if they choose not to leave, and it appears this person didn't want to leave.
Said differently.... there is a WHOLE LOT about how ERs and hospitals work that the average person doesn't know that doesn't seem to make sense until you do. When the facts come out (if they fully do... HIPAA and all) I suspect the rationale for these actions will make more sense.
If I had to guess based on experience and percentages only, I'd say this person was an addict seeking pain pills who was denied them. As a result, they engaged in behavior that occupied hospital resources intended for truly ill people and that she was in the gown because she refused to put her clothes back on.
Of course that may not be true... this MAY be a complete CF by the people there.... but I've seen it WAY too many times be this way and I've never seen it be the other. I've seen doctors and nurses take off and give their own clothes to cold people like her in the ER.... and you're not talking about one doctor, but likely numerous... plus nurses, plus staff, plus security etc... ALL of whom apparently understood this decision and didn't offer her a sweatshirt or cup of coffee.
(This post was last modified: 01-11-2018 05:59 PM by Hambone10.)
|
|
01-11-2018 05:57 PM |
|
shere khan
Southerner
Posts: 60,509
Joined: Mar 2004
Reputation: 7458
I Root For: Tulane
Location: Teh transfer portal
|
RE: Baltimore hospital patient discharged only in gown on cold night
(01-11-2018 05:57 PM)Hambone10 Wrote: As bad as this looks, there is a lot that is very unclear.
1) the patient was 'discharged' from the ER, meaning she wasn't admitted to the hospital.... meaning that she didn't have a medical reason to be occupying the ER.
2) 4 'security' people escorted her out, which implies that she wouldn't leave voluntarily
3) you don't usually get a 'gown' in the ER unless your clothes hinder the evaluation... and they would have her put her clothes back on
We can be sympathetic, but this once again seems like people drawing conclusions based on appearances and not investigating details. ERs are not 'shelters' and social workers don't work at midnight. Healthcare laws prevent hospitals from taking in patients without actual medical conditions because then they can't get rid of them if they choose not to leave, and it appears this person didn't want to leave.
Said differently.... there is a WHOLE LOT about how ERs and hospitals work that the average person doesn't know that doesn't seem to make sense until you do. When the facts come out (if they fully do... HIPAA and all) I suspect the rationale for these actions will make more sense.
If I had to guess based on experience and percentages only, I'd say this person was an addict seeking pain pills who was denied them. As a result, they engaged in behavior that occupied hospital resources intended for truly ill people and that she was in the gown because she refused to put her clothes back on.
Of course that may not be true... this MAY be a complete CF by the people there.... but I've seen it WAY too many times be this way and I've never seen it be the other. I've seen doctors and nurses take off and give their own clothes to cold people like her in the ER.... and you're not talking about one doctor, but likely numerous... plus nurses, plus staff, plus security etc... ALL of whom apparently understood this decision and didn't offer her a sweatshirt or cup of coffee.
A hospital is not a jail. They cannot detain a person. I swear I believe our country may be too stupid to be saved.
|
|
01-11-2018 06:22 PM |
|
stinkfist
nuts zongo's in the house
Posts: 68,370
Joined: Nov 2011
Reputation: 6859
I Root For: Mustard Buzzards
Location: who knows?
|
RE: Baltimore hospital patient discharged only in gown on cold night
(01-11-2018 06:22 PM)shere khan Wrote: A hospital is not a jail. They cannot detain a person. I swear I believe our country may be too stupid to be saved.
we were rapidly gaining on it until #henceDJT....
there's no questioning there is a large percentage of two generations that don't have a fk'n clue after decades of shite policy from washtubbingtonnage...
#fingerstillcrossed
(This post was last modified: 01-12-2018 01:38 AM by stinkfist.)
|
|
01-12-2018 01:37 AM |
|