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razors edge (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-10-06 11:58 AM Original message |
Ailing war vet dies after VA hospital calls 911 for help |
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spotbird (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-10-06 12:00 PM Response to Original message |
1. "Medically, the patient was handled appropriately" |
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atfqn (154 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-10-06 02:48 PM Response to Reply #1 |
33. I hope someone is kind enough |
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Monkeyman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-10-06 12:02 PM Response to Original message |
2. I posted this for two days after it happened |
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razors edge (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-10-06 12:06 PM Response to Reply #2 |
5. sorry, never saw it here. n/t |
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Monkeyman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-10-06 12:12 PM Response to Reply #5 |
9. No Sorry needed here this should be out as many times as it takes |
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barb162 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-10-06 12:06 PM Response to Reply #2 |
7. This soldier died due to budget cuts by the Replugs |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-10-06 12:46 PM Response to Reply #2 |
24. I didn't see it either |
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beyurslf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-10-06 12:02 PM Response to Original message |
3. I'd imagine that they dn't have emergency care so calling 911 was the |
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atreides1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-10-06 12:06 PM Response to Original message |
4. So where did the money go???? |
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BOSSHOG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-10-06 12:06 PM Response to Original message |
6. VA Hospital closes at 1630? Thanks george bush and thanks |
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razors edge (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-10-06 12:08 PM Response to Original message |
8. seems like 3.2 mil |
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cynatnite (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-10-06 12:13 PM Response to Original message |
10. This is tragic... |
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niyad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-10-06 12:15 PM Response to Original message |
11. NONE of their people knew how to do a trach??? this story is |
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cynatnite (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-10-06 12:43 PM Response to Reply #11 |
21. uh...the breathing problem was in his lungs... |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-10-06 01:12 PM Response to Reply #21 |
28. Intubation, bagging with 100% O2, and a vent ASAP |
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roguevalley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-10-06 12:17 PM Response to Original message |
12. how could there NOT be someone to help him. they were a VA hospital |
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Monkeyman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-10-06 12:22 PM Response to Reply #12 |
13. Look at the link above the reasons are there |
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cynatnite (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-10-06 12:42 PM Response to Reply #12 |
20. They didn't have the equipment... |
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gratuitous (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-10-06 12:29 PM Response to Original message |
14. I don't think anyone could have predicted this |
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madokie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-10-06 12:33 PM Response to Reply #14 |
17. no no this is bush* country |
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Richard Steele (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-10-06 12:35 PM Response to Reply #14 |
18. Clinton left them no specific plan for helping this man.... |
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Historic NY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-10-06 12:31 PM Response to Original message |
15. This just .................. |
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Hubert Flottz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-10-06 12:31 PM Response to Original message |
16. So what if the GI's who were lifting the flag in that famous photo had |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-10-06 12:40 PM Response to Original message |
19. Here's the operative sentence |
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cynatnite (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-10-06 12:43 PM Response to Reply #19 |
22. Well said! n/t |
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bleedingheart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-10-06 12:51 PM Response to Reply #19 |
25. I agree...murder by budget cut |
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Monkeyman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-10-06 01:02 PM Response to Reply #25 |
26. Your on the money |
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cynatnite (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-10-06 01:06 PM Response to Reply #26 |
27. The only reason my hubby isn't one of those 600,000... |
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Ken Burch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-10-06 01:54 PM Response to Reply #25 |
29. Another story on this theme that people should find on the web... |
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Fierce (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-10-06 12:44 PM Response to Original message |
23. Medically, this may have been handled appropriately. But... |
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Az_lefty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-10-06 01:56 PM Response to Original message |
30. The VA hospital I go to tells their patients to call 911 for emergencies |
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cynatnite (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-10-06 01:58 PM Response to Reply #30 |
31. It's the same at the VA hospital here... |
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Rosemary2205 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-10-06 02:03 PM Response to Reply #30 |
32. Yep. Same here. |
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pecwae (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-10-06 03:00 PM Response to Reply #30 |
34. In 1992 at the Columbia, SC V.A. |
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KatyaR (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-10-06 06:24 PM Response to Original message |
35. OMG, are you telling me that they didn't even have a crash cart? |
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