hospital mistake

[tika773]

jh112

well she is a person w/ a name. all i asked for was an opinion not insults and i am not the monster she tried to portray me as and i did not appreciate all of her out right insults. i was not rude to her she was rude to me from the beginning. calling me a bad mother, a blasphemer, broke, saying im trying to sell my child now u tell me if somene came to u like that would u listen to a word they have to say? no cause i wouldn't even respect their opinion. and i wonder if she toned down only because i reported her to the administrater for being down right rude. and if u read on i see i am not the only person she has insulted she admits it herself. so u come at people in the way you want to be talked to. she needs to learn how to address people w/o insulting people. i did not ask her her personal opinion or for her to paint me as a monster she doesn't know me and she aint judge judy so she need to take a class on communication skills.

 

[cbg]

If we are to be absolutely accurate

I don't see where ellencee called you a blasphemer. I see where Son of Slam said it was almost blasphemous that...

Not the same thing at all.

 

[tika773]

well she agreed w/ him

well she agreed with him so its just the same as well as she continued to call me other things so that doesn't make it much better.

 

[S.Wilsford]

Just something everyone should think about......

"medicine" whether surgical or other should be based on improving the quality of one's life, be it by surgery, medication, counseling or whatever. Many times you have to take the good with the bad. As long as your quality of life is improved or maintained there should be no reason to consider malpractice or fault. Even most "mistakes" made by doctors for which they are sued did not and will not affect the quality of life of that patient, but because of unneccessary malpractice claims, the doctors quality of life will be.
Definition:
"Quality of Life" - The overall enjoyment of ones life. An individual's sense of well-being and abilities to perform various tasks.
"Scars" are usually signs of an improved quality of life, unless the surgeon thinks surgery is an inherited condition! Unfortunately I had a surgeon who apparently thought so, but that does not change my feelings about medical malpractice. I feel god is there to help you find answers to things you have trouble coping with or understanding, rather than feeling the medical community is always to blame and you should be financially compensated! Don't get me wrong, the doctor who messed up my shoulders and was not found liable, left me in a serious mess due to the financial cost of medical care and my inability to work or obtain medical insurance, and it is not fair. It is strange how people who never suffer a dimineshed quality of life can somehow win a medical malpractice suit, when others do not. Malpractice suits should not be used for as a form of comfort, that is what god is for!

 

[nurse_nan]

Poster,
Why waste time over could haves or should haves? I think what is irritating people here is the assumption that the medical field did things on purpose to cause pain and suffering and scarring and death. People who work in healthcare see death, dying, disease, injury every day. We're just glad when we get good outcomes. We sometimes get bad ones, just because that's the way it goes. The best effort in the world cannot save everyone nor always yield a perfect outcome. Sh*t happens. Scarring? Big deal. She's alive and functional.
Rejoice.

 

[Boxcarbill]

hi, folks!

There is a common misconception that unexpected, or poor results, or damages, are always caused by malpractice. That is a simply just not true. Have you ever made a mistake in your checkbook that resulted in an overdraft, maybe even one that you had to go and pick up from the provider to whom you wrote the check? If we apply the same 'law' that you apply to medmal, you should have been sentenced to prison for intentionally writing a 'bad' check. Would you just have said "OK; send me to prison for 10 years"?EC

No if we applied the same law of "intentional" as the example given in writing a bad check to the medical example, then the medical would also have to be a intentional act-- homicide, aggravated assault. Negligence is not an intentional act. Medical malpractice is negligence and sounds in tort law not in criminal law.


[Edit: to delete the remainder of EC post]

 

[lkc15507]

Boxcar:

Kudos. I like that answer. Medical practitioners, legal practitioners and others are held to a higher standard. As it should be. Period. A checkbook analogy is just not adequate for a comparison.

 

[hmmbrdzz]

I came by to visit. I still love this place! Hey EC, Ikc, jack, cbg, BC, et al. I was recently diagnosed Chronic Hep C . Liver ain't totally shot yet -- still got enough good left that I"ll be able to start chemo soon, and that means I will probably be sitting in this chair quite a bit (and might even stick my neck in here occasionally).

Poster -- Just enjoy life while you can. Don't sweat the small sh**. Be thankful she lived.


hmmbrdzz

 

[ellencee]

"Boxcarbill
There is a common misconception that unexpected, or poor results, or damages, are always caused by malpractice. That is a simply just not true. Have you ever made a mistake in your checkbook that resulted in an overdraft, maybe even one that you had to go and pick up from the provider to whom you wrote the check? If we apply the same 'law' that you apply to medmal, you should have been sentenced to prison for intentionally writing a 'bad' check. Would you just have said "OK; send me to prison for 10 years"?EC [/B][/QUOTE]

No if we applied the same law of "intentional" as the example given in writing a bad check to the medical example, then the medical would also have to be a intentional act-- homicide, aggravated assault. Negligence is not an intentional act. Medical malpractice is negligence and sounds in tort law not in criminal law."

---I know that. It was perhaps a poor example that I provided. I was just trying to say that even when someone, private individual or medical professional, does his or her best to prevent a bad result, sometimes an unintentional or uncontrollable event occurs with bad results. If it happens to the individual who, for example, has a deposit that is 'returned' and subsequently has an overdraft, that individual does not want to be sued or punished for the event; yet, if a medical professional has an unintentional or uncontrollable event that results in unwanted results to an individual, the individual (and public at large) want to sue the medical professional and punish the medical professional.

Still a bad example; I know.

EC