Comments on: The Problem with Health Care Reform–Medical Errors http://thestrangedeathofliberalamerica.com/the-problem-with-health-care-reform-medical-errors.html An Independent Netzine About Ideas Tue, 15 May 2012 16:14:24 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: liberalamerican http://thestrangedeathofliberalamerica.com/the-problem-with-health-care-reform-medical-errors.html/comment-page-1#comment-12174 liberalamerican Sat, 27 Jun 2009 03:12:08 +0000 http://thestrangedeathofliberalamerica.com/?p=3247#comment-12174 This story is a great example of what I am talking about. I invite pther readers to submit their own stories. I have caught some criticism for not getting behind health care reform, but even if they pay everyone for everything, if the care we get is mediocre or worse kills us, is that what we want? This story is a great example of what I am talking about. I invite pther readers to submit their own stories.

I have caught some criticism for not getting behind health care reform, but even if they pay everyone for everything, if the care we get is mediocre or worse kills us, is that what we want?

]]> By: Hathor http://thestrangedeathofliberalamerica.com/the-problem-with-health-care-reform-medical-errors.html/comment-page-1#comment-12162 Hathor Tue, 23 Jun 2009 04:02:16 +0000 http://thestrangedeathofliberalamerica.com/?p=3247#comment-12162 It looked like a system was in place to enhance the communication, when I had my kidney transplant. The lack of communication lead to my release too early despite my protest that something had gone wrong. The hospital staff doctor suspected what my problem was and I saw him enter his note into my online record. Each doctor and nurse were suppose to check the entries to follow medication and the previous doctor's notes. Apparently this doctor's note went unnoticed and unfortunately he left for another position that week and I was dismissed with the ureter of the transplant leaking. I suffered a lot of unnecessary pain the following week, before I was readmitted to the hospital for a redo. The necrotic transplant ureter was replaced with my own. What pissed me off greatly was that when I said I was in a lot of pain they treated me like a malingerer. Another thing I got treated much better during the second release. Went home with visiting nurse and therapist. I think of the patient who perhaps would not have gotten a second release and lost the transplant. Would that outcome effected their system? I often wonder why the other doctors didn't read the notes, did they feel they know best? Was it ego rather than the system? When I needed my records of the surgery in order to return to work, I got a complete print out of every thing that had transpired. From the time I went to the hospital for presurgery test to the last dismissal. It looked like a system was in place to enhance the communication, when I had my kidney transplant. The lack of communication lead to my release too early despite my protest that something had gone wrong. The hospital staff doctor suspected what my problem was and I saw him enter his note into my online record. Each doctor and nurse were suppose to check the entries to follow medication and the previous doctor’s notes. Apparently this doctor’s note went unnoticed and unfortunately he left for another position that week and I was dismissed with the ureter of the transplant leaking. I suffered a lot of unnecessary pain the following week, before I was readmitted to the hospital for a redo.
The necrotic transplant ureter was replaced with my own. What pissed me off greatly was that when I said I was in a lot of pain they treated me like a malingerer. Another thing I got treated much better during the second release. Went home with visiting nurse and therapist. I think of the patient who perhaps would not have gotten a second release and lost the transplant. Would that outcome effected their system? I often wonder why the other doctors didn’t read the notes, did they feel they know best? Was it ego rather than the system?

When I needed my records of the surgery in order to return to work, I got a complete print out of every thing that had transpired. From the time I went to the hospital for presurgery test to the last dismissal.

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