The Danger of Treating ER Patients as Drug Seekers — Pain News Network
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By Emily Ullrich, Columnist Recently the news has been covering the story of Barbara Dawson , a Florida woman who was arrested after she refused to leave a hospital that would not treat her for abdominal pain. While being escorted from the hospital in handcuffs, she collapsed in the parking lot

The sheer level of medical malpractice in America horrifies me. What the fuck kind of asshole doctor do you have to be to immediately assume a patient in distress is a criminal and go Cop Mode on them :doomer:

  • Wertheimer [any]
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    2 years ago

    I went to an ER with status migrainosus (full-intensity migraine lasting longer than 72 hours) once and they accused me of being hungover. I guess I should be relieved I wasn't arrested? Death to America.