Sitedrifter":sxt6osyc said:
WGAF":sxt6osyc said:
Medical facilities are incompetent no matter what anybody says. They've ALWAYS been incompetent.
You ain't kidding. A friend of mine's Mom fell and was taken to a hospital. Oh nothing really wrong old injury acting up, is what they said. Stays 4 days in that hospital gets moved to a rehab. 1 day in rehab brought to a different hospital and was diagnosed with broken hip.
Xray showed hip bone freshly broken and pointing sideways. Doctor says, cannot operate due her deteriorated condition (She has cancer as well) and 2 days later, she passes from organ failure. What is fucked up is her cancer started to positively react to chemo treatments but being in that 1st hospital and rehab for a week just killed her in my opinion. If she was taken to the 2nd hospital the 1st time she may still be with us.
Sad.. Some doctors do not give a shit at all!
I think one of the problems is, nurses don't know what they are talking about, yet they are the ones most available to speak with the family. The family wants answers and the nurses tell them anything to pacify them. The Dr's are spread thin, and are not around except once a day, or every few days for 5 mins at most.
To comment on your friends mother, I'm not sure how old she was, but My wife used to work in retirement living facilities. A lot of these places had an assisted living floor. We'll long story short, a fall almost always lead to them going to the assisted floor for rehab, and many times they would die there in less than six months. These places my wife worked are top tier facility's, these are rich retirees. They got the best care money could buy.
These folks are frail, and a fall is devastating.