My mother recently had a cerbral hemmorage. My siblings and I were at the bedside around the clock for ten days. Had we not been, she would have died; the indifference and incompetence of some staff members -- and of my mother's own doctor -- were shocking to me then and now. This was in an "excellent hospital" in the D.C. area, the cost of which was a thousand dollars per day.
I am still keeping a close eye on the MD involved, and will follow his doings until my dying day or his retirement. His eagerness to get my mother out of the hospital stemmed entirely from the fact that Medicaid pays less than other insurance forms; at one point he bluntly told me the cost of her care and said it was simply impossible that she stay in the hospital another day. We never left her side. She stayed another week. Had we not been there she woudl have died from choking to death on her own vomit, or continued to aspirate gastric fluids into her lungs. Her life was saved partly by a single dedicated respiratory technician, who happened to be a licsenced healing touch practioner. He was the most caring member of the entire staff. I was disgusted then and disgusted now. The American medical system is an unmitigated disgrace, and this goes for care of a person with some financial resources; God pity the poor. JBB TJ Garland wrote: > List-- I went a ENT for an ear problem last week. I was given a 3 pm appt., > and found a FULL office. I guess dr's overbook like Delta. There was a > short 3/4 page med history to fill out while waiting. There's nothing like > reading 4 yr. old LADIES HOME JOURNALs. I finally went into the exam room at > 4:15. Next a nurse took more personal info and was indignant when I would > not give my SSN. I finally gave her Charles Manson's #. A nurse took my bp. > The young doctor strolled in- I told him my problem and told him I had been > reading a lot about the problem, and had a BS in Chem and could talk shop > --but I told of no alt meds I had tried. I wanted a diagnosis and prognosis > from him. I also wanted a hearing test from a licensed audiologist. I told > him I had a history of ear problems as a child and my ear canal was very > itchy. He looked in my ear with a fancy "microscope" as he called it. It was > attached to a flexible arm. He said hmmm- looks like there is a "crust" on > your eardrum. He then applied a little suction on them . I became dizzy. He > then wrote me a prescription for 2% hydrocortizone in 2% acetic acid drops. > He would not answer any questions on sensorineural loss, ear infections, > antiobiotics, allergies, Meniere's, etc. He treated me like a 10 yr old > child. I He would not do an audiogram. He wanted to see me next week after > taking the itch cream for a week ?!!!!!! I never told him I used garlic/ > mullein for the canal problem. He marked my chart $150 (level 3 charge). I > had a fit!!( nicely) I could only get him down to $120 - and still felt the > prescription should have been for vaseline. His 3 man office was seeing 50 > people an hour that day. I received absolutely nothing for the money. I only > went to him because he was supposed to be the "best"- and and I couldn't see > my own ear drum with my otoscope. He reinforced my opinion of the allopaths. > Any suggestions or comments?? Thanks for allowing the vent. goldenokie9 > > _________________________________________________________________ > Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp > > -- > The silver-list is a moderated forum for discussion of colloidal silver. > > To join or quit silver-list or silver-digest send an e-mail message to: > [email protected] -or- [email protected] > with the word subscribe or unsubscribe in the SUBJECT line. > > To post, address your message to: [email protected] > Silver-list archive: http://escribe.com/health/thesilverlist/index.html > List maintainer: Mike Devour <[email protected]>
