My brother was diagnosed 2 years ago with hypertension and diabetes, after he had a stroke. He took his meds for a while and then stopped because something was making his leg hurt really bad. I went and picked him up (500 miles away) and brought him to my home. He has no insurance so I took him to the free clinic and they put him back on the same meds that he was on before. Well, one of them was making his blood sugar drop really low..i.e.15 one time. Anyway, he was taken by EMS to the hospital and they kept him for a few days and continued him on all of his meds except the diabetes med. They gave him something else in the hospital. We were told when he was released to take his meds like he had been doing. Well, 3 days later he was back in the hospital. This time they had him in ICU for 3 days then released him with the same instructions. I should point out that the first two times, he passed out and we didn't know what was going on. The 3rd time we had to call EMS was because he was shaking so badly, and we couldn't get his sugar level reading. (the 1st two times we didn't have a glucometer yet). When EMS arrived they took his sugar and it was 15. He was in the ER for about an hour and a half...long enough to get a good deal of glucose and then they sent him home. Needless to say he was back in an hour....same thing...couldn't stop the severe shaking. I happened to be out of town at the time and my daughter stayed in myj home with him. I called the hospital to try and find out why they had even let him go int he first place and all they would tell me is that someone in his condition should be seeing a dr regulary. Well, he was. This all took place in a two week span. Anyway, when I asked for the ER dr's name she refused to give it to me. I tried to get him transported to a hopsital 30 miles away and the other hospital said that the ER dr would have to call the dr at the new hopsital. The dr refused to do this. Said they would stabilize him and they could drive him. After the 2nd time in the ER that night they admitted him for a day. Fianlly, a staff dr changed his meds for the diabetes. He said it was lowereing his sugar to badly. He's doing better now, but I am still fuming mad at the way the hopsital handles things. Does he have any recourse whatsoever in this matter? We aren't the first to have major problems with this hospital and probably won't be the last.
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The damage is 1000's of dollars for hopsital stays
17 minutes ago
OK...HERE GOES....HE DIDN'T HAVE A CHANCE TO SEE HIS REGULAR DOCTOR AS HE WAS IN THE HOSPITAL AND COULDN'T GET TO HIS REGULAR DOCTOR. I CONTACTED THE DOCTOR AND WAS TOLD IF THIS HAPPENED AGAIN TO GET HIM TO THE HOSPITAL IMMEDIATELY. HE MISSED 2 DRS APPTS DUE TO BEING IN THE HOSPITAL. SO HE WAS SEEING HIS DR WHEN HE WASN'T IN THE HOSPITAL. AS FAR AS FINANCIAL ISSUES....HE HAS ALREADY RECIEVED A BILL FOR $ 21000.00. THAT WAS FOR THE ICU STAY (2ND TIME HE WAS IN). MY MAIN CONCERN IS WHY THE ER SENT HIM HOME ONLY FOR HIM TO RETURN AN HOUR LATER, AND NOT LETTING ME HAVE THE NAME OF ER DOCTOR SO THAT I COULD SPEAK WITH HIM.
Chris
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