I like to fanciful myself somewhat of a writer, even with my limited formal education and my confusion of proper verbage and syntax. Still, never in my wildest dreams could I concieve of the outright patient neglect and abuse that my wife witnessed and and endured in just 48 hours in this hospital if I were trying to write a horror novel about hospitals. She shared a room with an 83 year old female that called repeatedly to be placed on the potty. This poor woman endured waits of greater than 30 minutes until finally she soiled her bed only to be humilited by the staff when they had to clean her up.
I am infuriated by this abuse and neglect of a senior and her lack of personal dignity. When they did come after more than 30 minutes to put her on her potty chair, my wife heard her buzz the nurse and she was still left on the potty for longer than a half an hour. Today, believe it or not, the nurses had sheet cakes and a party going on at the nurses station for a personal reason, a birthday or something while this poor woman sat stranded on the potty.
I sat and wrote two full pages of this abuse and tomorrow I'm going to call the patient advocate and invite them to meet me at this nurses station after work. I am going to read off, one by one, the neglect and abuses that this woman suffered. I am also going to inform them that I know that the hospital will bury these fact and I am going to report them to the Texas Department of Heath, the ones who hold the certifications that these nurses operate under. I am going to report this to the highest levels.
I have been a paramedic for many years and I bleed with my patients. I can't believe that people could be so cold hearted to leave a woman who could be my mother alone in the bed needing to go to the bathroom until she shit herslef and then humiliated her for doing so. These are helpless people, seniors, not freaking cars that can wait. This is just one incident. This poor woman had been awake since 03:00 AM and got her breakfast at 08:00. Five minutes later two people came in and informed her that it was time for her bath. She was so sweet and innocent. She begged them to just let her eat her breakfast. The curtain was drawn so my wife couldn't see who they were but it is on record who was working at that time on that shift.
The female actually told her male helper. "OK, put this on the record, she is refusing her bath, we are moving on to the next patient." This poor 83 year old woman begged them to just let her eat her breakfast and then give her her bath. I'm so infuriated I can barely type. I am going to hang there ass out to dry and also am going to stop by on my way home from work tomorrow and tell them so in front of their "patient advocate".
These are living people, helpless 83 year old grandmothers that they are too busy eating cake and partying in the nuses station to take off of the potty or out of the bed before they shit themselve's. Excuse my language, but this is intolerable. I hope the "responsible" parties loose their licsence and have to flip burgers. I would never treat a patient like this and I'm going to tell them that I am going to put the noose on their neck. You could fry eggs on my head right now.
I have two full pages of neglect, front and back that my wife witnessed in just 48 hours. How many people have died there while they ignored the call from a helpless old woman while they were eating cake? Dammit, if you don't care about people you have no business in the health care profession. This isn't a job, it's people lives and dignity. I am going to hang them from the highest pole, hope they loose their jobs and tell them to their face tomorrow.
"Heads up bitch, when my mother calls you and tells you that she needs off the potty, don't leave her sitting there for over a half hour while you eat cake and have a good time. I really hope that I get your job and I'm going to try to, you don't desreve to be a health care giver."
Please excuse and forgive me please for my language but I'm fit to kill right now, nobody should be treated like this and I'm going to the one who holds their license.
This is just the tip of the iceberg, the abuse of this woman. My wife puked all over the bathroom. The walls, the floor and the toilet seat. She called the nurses station and reported this. Forty minute later, the nurse came and scooped it all up in a towel and just shoved it against the toilet in a pile. Four hours later my wife had to use the bathroom and it was still there. She had to sit sidesaddle on the commode and straddle vomit just to use the toilet. This was on nights when most patients are knocked out on meds.
I have two full pages front and back that this poor old lady and my wife had to suffer in just 48 hours. This is unbelieveable. IV bags run dry, malfunctioning BP cuffs applied to the arm with the IV in that wouldn't deflate until it blew the vein and the nurse admitted that she knew the cuff wouldn't deflate. This is a chamber of horrors right here in our town. We trust our loved ones to their care? I can't believe that people can be so cold when they are in the care of living people.
Two pages front and back, you haven't even heard the worse of it. I'm going to make it my endeavor to report this neglect and hang them from the highest tree.
Again, forgive me for my rant but this really hits home with me
