My leukemia's back.

[oldrooster]

Gac unfortunately the small town hospitals sometimes are called band aid stations, because that is all they are good for is getting a band aid. In the area my mom's twin lives they had one and mom's hometown paper ran stories about they where having $$$ issues and we found out later the locals called it a band aid station. One local bot there was bitten by a snake and his mom and her boyfriend drove him to the hospital and the ER told them there are no poisonous snakes in the state (the DNR literature says in that region of the state there are 3 poisonous snakes) the kid had had leg cleaned and bandaged and was sent home. in the middle of the night he needed to go potty, he realized he was paralyzed from the waist down. he rolled out of bed drug himself down the hall pounded on mom/boyfriends room they got up called the pediatrician told him what happened that day and how the boy was, he told them to meet hm at the ER and he was treated CORRECTLY for a bite from a copperhead. the Dr. said had it been the timber rattler or the water moccasin he would have been dead, he was lucky that he was bitten by the least poisonous of the three and woke up in the middle of the night and got help. The hospital shut down within a couple of weeks after this. Nothing was said why in the paper but one can assume it was likely due to all the press about the boy and the bad financial trouble they were already in.

 

[drumstick diva]

what a horrible hospital, who knows how many others had near misses or actually died from their NO care !! Glad they were shut down.

 

[Cynthia12]

Gac unfortunately the small town hospitals sometimes are called band aid stations, because that is all they are good for is getting a band aid. In the area my mom's twin lives they had one and mom's hometown paper ran stories about they where having $$$ issues and we found out later the locals called it a band aid station. One local bot there was bitten by a snake and his mom and her boyfriend drove him to the hospital and the ER told them there are no poisonous snakes in the state (the DNR literature says in that region of the state there are 3 poisonous snakes) the kid had had leg cleaned and bandaged and was sent home. in the middle of the night he needed to go potty, he realized he was paralyzed from the waist down. he rolled out of bed drug himself down the hall pounded on mom/boyfriends room they got up called the pediatrician told him what happened that day and how the boy was, he told them to meet hm at the ER and he was treated CORRECTLY for a bite from a copperhead. the Dr. said had it been the timber rattler or the water moccasin he would have been dead, he was lucky that he was bitten by the least poisonous of the three and woke up in the middle of the night and got help. The hospital shut down within a couple of weeks after this. Nothing was said why in the paper but one can assume it was likely due to all the press about the boy and the bad financial trouble they were already in.

Good grief!! Glad it's gone!

 

[drumstick diva]

Absolutely

 

[oldrooster]

Good grief!! Glad it's gone!

Yes, except now people have to go up to 50 miles to get to the nearest hospital now in some parts of that area. Not that people wanted to go there for major problems but likely they could get some drugs and air lifted to the next big hospital. Plus if their local doc knew it was something where they just needed bed rest and IVs for simple stuff it was acceptible..

 

[oldrooster]

Yes, except now people have to go up to 50 miles to get to the nearest hospital now in some parts of that area. Not that people wanted to go there for major problems but likely they could get some drugs and air lifted to the next big hospital. Plus if their local doc knew it was something where they just needed bed rest and IVs for simple stuff it was acceptible..

or a level of care barely higher than nursing home...

 

[getaclue]

I'd rather drive 50 miles to a great hospital when needed, than drive 2 miles to one that I would die in, because of incompetence. Maybe some of the doctors will get wise, and set up a good walk-in clinic. We have a couple that are pretty big, they have a lot of the equipment the smaller hospitals do, and the staff is usually pretty good. Unless it's something really major, a lot of people prefer going to them, instead of the smaller hospital ER's. In addition, they are open until at least 9 pm.

 

[room onthebroom]

Gac unfortunately the small town hospitals sometimes are called band aid stations, because that is all they are good for is getting a band aid. In the area my mom's twin lives they had one and mom's hometown paper ran stories about they where having $$$ issues and we found out later the locals called it a band aid station. One local bot there was bitten by a snake and his mom and her boyfriend drove him to the hospital and the ER told them there are no poisonous snakes in the state (the DNR literature says in that region of the state there are 3 poisonous snakes) the kid had had leg cleaned and bandaged and was sent home. in the middle of the night he needed to go potty, he realized he was paralyzed from the waist down. he rolled out of bed drug himself down the hall pounded on mom/boyfriends room they got up called the pediatrician told him what happened that day and how the boy was, he told them to meet hm at the ER and he was treated CORRECTLY for a bite from a copperhead. the Dr. said had it been the timber rattler or the water moccasin he would have been dead, he was lucky that he was bitten by the least poisonous of the three and woke up in the middle of the night and got help. The hospital shut down within a couple of weeks after this. Nothing was said why in the paper but one can assume it was likely due to all the press about the boy and the bad financial trouble they were already in.

This is terrifying (& not just because its a snake story.)

 

[N F C]

Good morning Team Rachel, hope everyone is doing well today

 

[Cynthia12]

Good morning all. Son and daughter in law have moved in. Sooner than I thought they would, but I really needed them here. They have already been a big help to us . It's good to have others to talk to.