Apparently, it isn't the doctor's or hospital's responsibility to diagnose health issues [View all]
That is exactly what I was told, today. My 98 year old aunt was admitted with severe delirium. She is hallucinating, and her personalty has taken a 180 turn for the worse. She is already bedridden after she fell and fractured her hip, in January, but was otherwise alert and fully functioning. Then, sometime Monday night, something flipped in her brain.
So today, when I was again trying to get some information (I am her patient advocate) the nurse informed me that it was up to me to do some investigating and figure out what is wrong, because they are baffled, although she suspects it has something to do with her numerous medications. WTF???
We are heading back to the hospital, early tomorrow morning, in the hopes of being able to speak with her physician.
Has anyone else ever heard anything even close to being this absurd?
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