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arikara

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15. The Mr has diabetes

Reply to jsr (Original post)

Sat Dec 15, 2012, 01:00 PM

Dec 2012

and we are very aware of the insulin dose he takes. Any medical person - doctor or nurse - who administers the drug on a regular basis to patients should likewise be aware of dosages. Sure the orders were wrong, which is bad enough but I can't understand why the person who administered it didn't question the dose. Unless of course staff has been cut back and are stressed to the max trying to cope with the workload and don't have a chance to think. That's my guess since the bastards are farming out what they can to India to maximize profit.

This shit makes me so angry.

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Ala. hospital must pay $140M in ex-patient's death [View all] jsr Dec 2012 OP

How dare that hospital appeal? lbrtbell Dec 2012 #1

Guess that transcription by Indian workers was not as cheap as expected. dixiegrrrrl Dec 2012 #2

Pretty much a nutshell of why healthcare costs are stupid high Dreamer Tatum Dec 2012 #3

Not so much. phylny Dec 2012 #4

No, it's a bill for malpractice insurance Dreamer Tatum Dec 2012 #16

Deal with it? phylny Dec 2012 #23

that's not insane SemperEadem Dec 2012 #6

So, yours is worth less than that. Occulus Dec 2012 #9

$1 is as goofy as $140M. marble falls Dec 2012 #11

Mine is absolutely worth less than $140M. Dreamer Tatum Dec 2012 #17

You're absolutely and completely wrong. The Stranger Dec 2012 #12

Oh brother. Dreamer Tatum Dec 2012 #18

"Logical fallacies?" Just try Google. The Stranger Dec 2012 #22

Buying a few judges will be cheaper than 140 million. It's clear the hospital valerief Dec 2012 #5

It's probably the decision of the attorney for the insurance company unless the juajen Dec 2012 #8

It seems her Rx was 8 units of Levemir and the hospital injected 80 struggle4progress Dec 2012 #7

$1.4 million is rediculous. marble falls Dec 2012 #10

The policy behind punitive damages is to create an economic disincentive to an organization that is The Stranger Dec 2012 #13

That's the concept as faulty as it is. Ford building exploding Pintos because it was cheaper to .... marble falls Dec 2012 #19

All the more reason this person shouldn't have died from something so (apparently) routine. The Stranger Dec 2012 #21

When dealing with human beings, terrible mistakes do happen. zellie Dec 2012 #14

The Mr has diabetes arikara Dec 2012 #15

My thoughts exactly. du_grad Dec 2012 #20