Complaint Review: Palmetto Health Richland Hospital - Columbia South Carolina
- Palmetto Health Richland Hospital 5 Medical Park Drive Columbia , South Carolina USA
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Palmetto Health Richland Hospital KILLER MEDICINE! Columbia South Carolina
*Author of original report: None of your business!
*Consumer Comment: Are you a Family Member??
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On April 3, 2015, 80 year old female patient, J.B., who suffered from well managed congestive heart failure and emphysema, was admitted to Palmetto Health - Richland Hospital, Critical Care Unit, Room 540E, due to respiratory distress. J.B. was accompanied by her son and caregiver, G.L., who has J.B.'s Healthcare Power of Attorney. (G.L. remained with J.B. throughout the duration of her admission, except for brief absences to eat meals, or to sleep.) Shortly after admission, J.B., who was sedated and unconscious, was intubated, (placed on a mechanical ventilator) was partially covered with only a thin sheet with her chest fully exposed inside a frigid room, despite the risk of pneumonia. Subsequently, the nursing staff repeatedly left Butler fully uncovered without either sheets or blankets. A grievance was lodged with the Nurse Manager, "Pam", who assured that corrective action would be forthcoming. To make matters worse, J.B. was required to provide her own cancer medication (exemestane) from home. The hospital pharmacy refused to provide it, though it was available. On April 4th, while G.L. was in the cafeteria eating breakfast, a minor angio procedure purportedly was performed to administer medication directly into J.B.'s pelvic artery to strengthen her heartbeat. Additionally, J.B. was removed from the ventilator (extubated), after which J.B. was disoriented and repeated her thoughts and words, according to medical staff, perhaps due to the residual effects of sedation. J.B. was re-intubated, due to disorientation only, though she was breathing well without it, and experienced no respiratory distress at that time, according to medical staff. (Note that no pulmonary or cardiac consults with specialists were requested, based on J.B.'s medical history and admitting condition. Why?) Attending physician, Brian A. Smith, MD assured G.L. that J.B.'s condition would be reassessed the following day, April 5th. According to medical records, on April 5th, at approximately 8:00 a.m., J.B.'s body temperature was 101.8, which was untreated. Additionally, there was no known physician reassessment of J.B. after April 4th. Certainly, no physician consulted with G.L. after April 4th, despite physician's acknowledgement of G.L. as having J.B.'s Healthcare Power of Attorney. On April 6th at approximately 6:29 a.m., while G.L. was asleep in the visitor waiting area, J.B.'s heart suddenly stopped and she expired. How long was J.B. in cardiac arrest before medical staff responded? Why was her apparent fever untreated? Why was J.B. re-intubated, though she was not in respiratory distress? And, most importantly, why wasn't J.B.'s condition reassessed after a critical procedure and reintubation in the Critical Care Unit? Does Palmetto Health Richland Hospital routinely abandon care of and discharge Medicare patients to save money, despite their condition? And, based on these and other questions, and issues, is Palmetto Health Richland Hospital guilty of criminally negligent homicide of J.B.?
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#2 Author of original report
None of your business!
AUTHOR: - ()
SUBMITTED: Wednesday, May 06, 2015
Dear Stacey: It's none of your business what relationship, if any, I may have had with the deceased! Was your rebuttal some form of expression of condolences to the surviving family, or was it an attempt at damage control on behalf of Palmetto Health Richland Hospital?
#1 Consumer Comment
Are you a Family Member??
AUTHOR: Stacey - (USA)
SUBMITTED: Sunday, May 03, 2015
If not then your report is null and void! If this a third party report then it is just that - a report. Not a ripoff. IF you are a family member contact JCAHO and the Department of Aging in your State to file a complaint. IF the individual had a DNR then that has to be respected by the staff at the hospital.
IF an individual is on Medicare and deemed "not acute and stabilized" then they can be swing bedded into a SNF or other nursing home situation. This is due to the cost reimbursements from Medicare. IF this is not the situation then once again make a complaint against the facility with the above referenced agencies. IF you are just a third pary reporter then this report is not a ripoff pertaining to you.
"Criminal negligence is a statutory offense that arises primarily in situations involving the death of an innocent party as a result of the operation of a motor vehicle by a person who is under the influence of Drugs and Narcotics or alcohol. Most statutes define such conduct as criminally negligent Homicide. Unlike the tort of Negligence, in which the party who acted wrongfully is liable for damages to the injured party, a person who is convicted of criminal negligence is subject to a fine, imprisonment, or both, because of the status of the conduct as a crime."
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