First things first. I did finally get to read the comment that was left for me. I guess sometimes we must wait. Like waiting for pictures to load.
I heard the saddest story today. I cannot believe this really happened, but I spoke to the person it happened to. I'll call this person Sue. Sue went to the emergency room with a fever, vomiting, and diarrhea. She gets stuck in a bed without being checked on very often (happens a lot at this hospital if you are not bleeding to death then you wait, and wait, and wait). Now remember she has diarrhea and vomiting. She can't get out of bed and these things keep going on, so it's a mess. A nurse finally shows up and Sue says "put me out of my misery." Then I guess someone looks at the chart and notices that Sue is on psychiatric meds. Next thing Sue knows the sheriffs department is there and they put her in handcuffs and shackles and drives her to the nearest town with a psych hospital. Once there the doctor is like yeah, you got a virus. Take this you will feel better. And sends her home. She is in another town and has to find her on way back home. Why in the world would the ER do this to someone? If they thought she was off her meds or just plain crazy why didn't they have someone from their psych unit come talk to her? Why couldn't they tell that with vomiting and diarrhea that it probably wasn't due to her mental state? Why would the sheriffs department put her in shackles? I would love to scream at the top of my lungs and say the name of the hospital, but I want to respect Sue's privacy. Can you believe that someone in the medical field would treat someone like this just because she has a mental illness? And if you think for a minute that things like this don't happen you are so very wrong.
No comments:
Post a Comment