Killer King...or how not to run a hospital

Will Robinson · Post by **Will Robinson** » Thu Apr 14, 2005 12:51 pm

This a sad story and the reasons it continues I think can be laid at the feet of pure ignorance.

No one is willing to take the potential heat for fear of the race card...infreakin'credible!!!
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snoopy · Post by **snoopy** » Thu Apr 14, 2005 4:29 pm

I know where I'm not going. I just hope that the people of the community get word and stop going there- boycott is a very effective means of putting someone out of business.

Will Robinson · Post by **Will Robinson** » Thu Apr 14, 2005 5:36 pm

Apparantly a big chunk of the community is the reason no changes for the better have happened. They claim racisim is behind every critisism anyone brings to the discussion!
And thats why I think it's ultimately pure ignorance at fault.

Canuck · Post by **Canuck** » Mon Apr 25, 2005 4:45 pm

Some terrible mistakes happened to my Sister when she was giving birth, and she died.

It took seven years for it to get to the courts and untold dollars and frustration. We had to get lawyers from out of country.

In the end for my Brother-in-law to start proceedings against the five doctors would cost him $250,000.00 to start out of the box.

I can imagine each Doctor fighting it till the bills reached alot higher.

A series of terrible mistakes just like that article describes is what happened to her, it happens all the time, all over and nothing happens because of it.

Nirvana · Post by **Nirvana** » Tue Apr 26, 2005 8:42 am

"This," Jordan observed, "is like having to live with the person that raped you."

LOL

Dedman · Post by **Dedman** » Tue Apr 26, 2005 8:59 am

As the son of a medical professional and the father of a 2 year old girl, I found that article extremely hard to read.

I think one of the things that would help correct deficient policies and procedures in the medical community is a common sense cap on malpractice suits. In conjunction with that, the hospitals should be compelled to fully disclose the incident to a panel of indipendent medical professionals to find "root cause" and impliment corrective action.

The current system encourages hospitals to cover up their mistakes for fear of multi-million dollar suits.