108 DAYS Forum

[Cassie Chenevert]

This book really makes you think about your next trip to the hospital. I never want to be thrown in an ambulance and taken to a facility I'm not familiar with, ever again. This is a must read! Sometimes we tend to assume all hospitals are safe places for healing and better health and it is never safe to assume! I've never considered 'hospital shopping' before, but now that I've read the book I feel like it is a must. Also, reading the book inspired me to stand up for loved ones if I feel something isn't right.

[Cepelin]

Wow, I didn't think of that.
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[Lisa Lindell]

Hospital shopping is an interesting theory. More public reporting and available information is what's needed. For example, I complained to JCAHO numerous times regarding our experience. I got the same form letter back every time, the response by the hospital and JCAHO's action, if any, are confidential. ????? Why?
This facility has a responsibilty to their patients, not a right to sweep it under the rug and deny these things take place. As long as this habit continues, how can you make an educated choice about your healthcare?
Additionally, I've heard from several readers responding with their similar experiences in hospitals. In our own family, from facitlities from Michigan to California, we've had similar experiences, and these were just routine health issues that required a hospital stay.
The medical establishment has all right and authority to treat you as well or as poorly as they choose, and they're going to continue to get away with whatever t hey want as long as we remain silent and just keep taking it. The general public is hopelessly unaware of just how dangerous hospitals are, and their blind trust and confidence in doctors and nurses is naive. There are a few good ones, but their efforts are suffocated by bureaucracy. Healthcare providers should welcome the patient and their family in recovery instead of setting policies and procedures that separate the two, not to mention the attitude of "We know what we're doing and we don't need to hear from you."
100,000 people die every year from hospital errors/medical mistakes. This does not include the number that are maimed or disabled for the rest of their life. I know from experience these errors and mistakes most often are easily prevented, as opposed to some highly technical medical error that only educated experts can understand. Read this book and tell me I'm wrong.

[FuntKlakow]

I agree with that.
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