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appalachiablue

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34. Appreciate your telling this story; care is supposed to be like

Sat Jan 18, 2020, 12:34 AM

Jan 2020

you experienced the second time to the hospital. Staff and nurses do need to explain and have some human decency. I left an ER once for inattentive staff, long cold wait and no explanation whatsoever. Fortunately I found good care and made it though alright. Glad you're doing well.

Medical and health care really has become about business and money in many areas.

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A woman left the ER to find another hospital after a long wait. Two hours later, she was dead [View all] left-of-center2012 Jan 2020 OP

Heartbreaking.💔 dewsgirl Jan 2020 #1

K & R for exposure. SunSeeker Jan 2020 #2

That is the American Deathcare system. A tragedy and a disgrace. kairos12 Jan 2020 #3

as long as healthcare has to be a business model these things will happen questionseverything Jan 2020 #31

How awful! smirkymonkey Jan 2020 #4

It is tragic that she died, but the except in the op ignores that she was seen karynnj Jan 2020 #13

Or, she WAS being treated but left without getting more Drahthaardogs Jan 2020 #14

You aren't taking into consideration into the possibility that she was in fear smirkymonkey Jan 2020 #17

If she willfully left.The hospital is not liable. Legally or morally. alphafemale Jan 2020 #20

I agree, but try to have a little compassion. smirkymonkey Jan 2020 #21

Our deepest sympathy. guillaumeb Jan 2020 #5

I understood that chest pain bumps you to the top priority. I guess not. CurtEastPoint Jan 2020 #6

Read the article. She was being treated. She left before they were done Drahthaardogs Jan 2020 #15

I didn't read it, only the synopsis. She was being treated, as you said. Weird that her sister CurtEastPoint Jan 2020 #18

Not admitted though. She definitely was not being treated knightmaar Jan 2020 #22

She had an EKG too. Drahthaardogs Jan 2020 #30

Right, so the sequence of events: knightmaar Jan 2020 #39

Do you often call very ill people 'fools'? She was not admitted appalachiablue Jan 2020 #26

They gave her an EKG and a chest x-ray. Drahthaardogs Jan 2020 #29

We have spent lots of time in ERs and hospitals Ms. Toad Jan 2020 #32

Yeah, down thread another poster explained more about the appalachiablue Jan 2020 #33

It sounds like she was being triaged still_one Jan 2020 #37

She was being triaged after testing - Ms. Toad Jan 2020 #42

25 years ago MrsMatt Jan 2020 #7

Huh I wonder. WhiskeyGrinder Jan 2020 #8

Oh no, you mean our health care isn't the best in the world? tenderfoot Jan 2020 #9

This is a large suburban hospital - a teaching hospital, I believe. milestogo Jan 2020 #10

That's roughly 2 hours between when she COLGATE4 Jan 2020 #11

She died in 2 hours - not went to urgent care in 2 hours left-of-center2012 Jan 2020 #16

Still doesn't make sense. COLGATE4 Jan 2020 #35

"9:25 P.M. when she is pronounced dead outside the Urgent Care?" left-of-center2012 Jan 2020 #36

Froedtert always boasts how great they are. CaptYossarian Jan 2020 #12

Triage can make mistakes. alphafemale Jan 2020 #19

Fuck liability! smirkymonkey Jan 2020 #24

My experience James48 Jan 2020 #23

This makes all the difference in the world. smirkymonkey Jan 2020 #27

Appreciate your telling this story; care is supposed to be like appalachiablue Jan 2020 #34

From the FWIW Dept. Stonepounder Jan 2020 #25

It sounds like they STARTED to do the same things, but where YOUR test results led to immediate karynnj Jan 2020 #40

My wife drove me to the ER when I had this excruciating pain in at140 Jan 2020 #28

Theoretically the monitor should have alerted bradycardia, but even if an alarm or alert goes still_one Jan 2020 #38

She was panicking is my guess ismnotwasm Jan 2020 #41