Anyone know what happened to the archive of public comments on the Citizens Commission website?
http://www.danville-va.gov/page.asp?menuid=2816&sub1menuid=2841&sub2menuid=10761
Until we figure it out, here are links that I have to the archive pages:
Mar 14
http://www.danville-va.gov/upload/images/City-TV%2020/Hospital%20Comments%20%20March%2014th.pdf
Mar 15
http://www.danville-va.gov/upload/images/City-TV%2020/Hospital%20Comments%20March%2015th.pdf
Mar 16
http://www.danville-va.gov/upload/images/City-TV%2020/Hospital%20Comments%20March%2016th.pdf
Mar 19
http://www.danville-va.gov/upload/images/City-TV%2020/Hospital%20Comments%20March%2019th.pdf
Mar 20
http://www.danville-va.gov/upload/images/City-TV%2020/Hospital%20Comments%20March%2020th.pdf
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Hmmmm. They were there early this morning. That being said, I have e-mailed each Committee member and each city council member with a link to this blog and encouraged them to visit here. The public comments were mostly from here anyway. Keep up the good work. It's also encouraging to see folks start looking at LPT's history at other hospitals. Thanks also for adding the LifePoint News link on here.
Steve
I hear there have been some serious things going on at DRMC today inform of surprise inspections from the state and CMS. My first reports were of many areas being "too dirty" and storage not being properly utilized. Any one else know anything in this???
Heard all the lights were out in the "O"'s offices.
One down, two to go
Dan-the-Man, CFO is gone. Published as a resignation. Right. This has been a planned exit for over a month and Dan likely did not know. Waiting for the new divisioni CFO to get in place. He probably signed the document that does not exist.
Savage LS
I am a cancer patient, and I was admitted to DRMC 3-9-07 with a severe headache. I arrived at my room on the new fifth floor at 6:30 P.M. Dr. Brotherton(admitting physician)came in the room shortly. At approximately 8:20, my husband went out to find me a gown, was given one by someone working there, and he and I put it on me. I was taken to have a chest x-ray at approximately 10:00. It was after 10:30 before a nurse came in to put on my wrist band for ID, access my port, take blood, and start my pain medicine. That's four hours since I entered the room! It was after midnight before my vitals were taken and admission questions were asked. I had been on pain medicine through an IV for over an hour and a half before my vitals were taken for the first time! Surely, anyone can see how this is not acceptable under any circumstances. The next day, the attending RN told me to use the pump for the IV when I complained of pain, and Dr. Brotherton told me that I was to be given Imitrex instead. Also, the attending RN, who was very friendly, carried on conversations about her personal life with my visitor and me, while I'm sure she was needed elsewhere. I was discharged on 3-10-07. Thankfully, I suffered no bad effects from this hospital stay.
Thank you, Alicia Carter,for speaking up. Stories like yours may be the only thing that makes a difference in this matter. I am sorry that you had this experience, but this is now the routine at DRMC, not the exception. Dixie Doss
March 16, 2007
Dear Mr. Deloreso:
I’ve read the horror stories about what happens to people who end up at the “new” Danville Regional Medical Center, but I never dreamed it would happen to me. I guess that’s the way it is. You always think these things happen to someone else.
Well, don’t kid yourself. It could happen to you tonight if you are go to DRMC.
I recently elected to have major cancer surgery at DRMC. The surgery was deemed a success, and I was sent home.
The same day I was discharged, I had sudden and severe swelling in the muscles on both sides of my neck. It was terrifying and horribly painful. My fiancé rushed me to the emergency room where we were met by my surgeon’s associate who had me admitted immediately. This surgeon was prompt, kind and very concerned.
So far so good, but that’s when the horror show began.
We very much wanted a private room, and we saw plenty of them. But we were denied one and placed in a semi-private. I was told unofficially that because of the nursing shortage, they have to double up patients in order to have a better chance of covering them properly. I can accept that practicality, though it’s ridiculous not to have enough nurses.
The nurse attending me seemed confused, she even asked me to read her the information on my arm band . I reminded her of the surgeon’s orders that I was to be given Cipro IV and a steroid IV immediately, she asked me to point out the Cipro because she didn‘t see it on the orders. That was at 8:30 pm, and five hours passed and it was not done. In an earlier surgery, an IV port had been put into my right clavicle area. I told the nurse the port could be used that night, but instead of using it she attempted twice to start the IV in my arm. She failed both times.
I had a IV port put in because I have bad veins, and I never understood why they would not use it. I insisted that the nurse call someone who could start an IV so the supervisor came and she couldn’t start it in my arm either. Using the port is said to be a skilled procedure, and I finally suspected that no one on duty possessed that training—a very basic skill done thousands of times a day in hospitals all over the world. Then, of all things, the nurse called my surgeon and told him that I REFUSED to let them use the IV port. This was absolutely untrue! I had told them that my doctor said to use it. She also told him I refused to take a medication he ordered. I did refuse, because I was allergic to it and that was clearly marked on my chart.
Finally, the medications were given to me by mouth—a far slower and less effective method. The prednisone dose was supposed to be for 60 mg. The nurse brought me 2 and one half tablets which were 20 mg each. The problem was the third tablet was cut in half, so I would have only gotten 50 mg. When I questioned her, she said the robot must have made a mistake and sent the wrong dose. By then, whatever confidence I had in the hospital had vanished. I was terrified and very upset. That was all the nurse needed to claim that I was hysterical and that was not true.
The surgeon came in the next morning and asked why I would not let them use my port and why I had not taken the Valium he had ordered for me, which was outrageous since I am allergic to Valium and it was stated on my chart but the nurse did not alert him of that at her 1:30 am telephone call!
We finally made other arrangements and left as fast as we could—thankful to be alive and able to speak up for myself. I feel a great obligation to warn others about what could happen to them at DRMC.
Sincerely,
Lisa M. Cox
This was sent to the newspapers also and nothing was done by the editors to print them yet.
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