Spoke with a family member about a grandpa they have been caring for. They were taken to the hospital in AZ for a broken bone during a fall.
Sounds like they were put into a bed in the hallway & rushed them out with the bone still broken. To be fair, if doctors are working 18hr shifts because some flu is keeping those hospitals filled beyond capacity, I can see them missing something on an xray.
They were taken to a different hospital where their bed was also put into a hallway. The EMT asked around to see if there were any hospitals that this man could be taken to. They were all filled beyond capacity with the flu.
Now I don't know how true it is that every hospital is filled in AZ is. Everything I state here is clearly hearsay, though I am curious if any AZ pedes happen to know if there is any truth to this?
Also it could be that the some narrative is being pushed. Just trying to figure out if there is potential for a narrative push for some scare event down there?
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Hospitals are designed now to run “at capacity” whether the hospital is physically filled up or not. This is done by down staffing, no nurses and doctors to run rooms, then they won’t be used, and the hospital is effectively “full” Hallway beds have been a common feature for several years now. You can thank hospital administrators for all of this. No every hospital is not crammed with flu and Covid patients, they are just run by administrators who don’t care about patients being seen in hallways.
Sounds like a potential HIPPA lawsuit against some of these admin if this can be shown properly in court.
They're always indemnified. The insurance companies that own the legislators and that are the actual customers, have made sure their system will be protected.
This is mitigated with really strict no recording policies. Emergency rooms have never really been a place to expec a tremendous amount of privacy and they still aren’t by their very nature. As long as staff makes reasonable accommodations(curtains if requested, a room for a pelvic exam, etc) it would go nowhere in court.
Sounds like you may have studied this. Thanks for the input.
Though I was talking about putting a bed in a hospital hallway instead of a room that might be available & is only not given because of potential bad administration practices that essentially forces empty rooms to not be used. Maybe I misunderstand the situation.