Douglas Elkins Review of Deborah Heart and Lung Center
THERE WAS A HOLLYWOOD MOVIE ABOUT 13 YEARS AGO STA...
THERE WAS A HOLLYWOOD MOVIE ABOUT 13 YEARS AGO STARRING BEN KINGSLEY, AMY IRVING, AND ALEC BALDWIN CONCERNING THE SHORT LIFE AND DEATH OF A YOUNG BOY BECAUSE OF THE LACK OF ATTENTION OF THIS LIFE BY THE HOSPITAL STAFF...THERE IS A DIRECT PARALLEL BETWEEN THIS MOVIE AND WHAT BEFELL MY MOTHER AND HER DEATH ON THE OPERATING TABLE AT DEBORAH HEART AND LUNG CENTER...HOW CERTAIN MEMBERS OF THE STAFF CAN FACE THEIR EARLY MORNING MIRRORS WITH A GUILT FREE CONSCIOUS IS BEYOND MY COMPREHENSION...I HAVE WRITTEN MANY REVIEWS OF THIS TRAGEDY AND WILL CONTINUE TO DO SO FOR AS LONG AS I CAN TYPE...JUST WHAT WERE THESE EMPLOYEES OF DEBORAH NOT THINKING...AT A RECENT CHECK BY ME, SOME OF THESE PEOPLE ARE STILL EMPLOYEED AT DEBORAH...THE NJ DIVISION OF SENIOR HEALTH SERVICES INFORMED ME THAT WHAT TRANSPIRED WAS PROBABLY THE MOST SERIOUS INFORMED CONSENT VIOLATION THAT THE DEPARTMENT HAD EVER INVESTIGATED ON RECORD...I HAVE NOT BEEN GRANTED ANY PEACE OR JUSTICE MAINLY BECAUSE OF NEW JERSEY LAWS CONCERNING THE "VALUE" OF SOMEONE IN RELATION TO THEIR AGE...OTHER STATES SUCH AS PENNSYLVANIA DO NOT FOLLOW NEW JERSEY'S GUIDLINES...THESE ARE MATTERS THAT PATIENTS AND FAMILIES ARE NOT TOLD BY THE HOSPITAL STAFF...I AM STILL WAITING FOR A POLYGRAPH TEST FOR ALL THAT I KNOW OF MY MOM'S UNTIMELY DEMISE...WHY DOES IT APPEAR THAT YOU HAVE NOT PUBLISHED THIS VERY NEGATIVE NARRATIVE ONTO YOUR WEB SITE DEBORAH "HEART" CENTER? YOU APPEAR TO BE THOROUGHLY VOID OF ANY GUILT...I ANTICIPATE BEING PROPERLY ADDRESSED BY YOUR ADMINISTRATION IN THE NOT TO DISTANT FUTURE CONCERNING WHAT THIS DOCTOR ANDERSON WAS ABLE TO DESTROY WITHOUT ANY VIABLE REPERCUSSIONS...HE TERMINATED MY MOTHER'S LIFE AND COST ME PEACE AND HAPPINESS WITH GREAT EXPENSE...JUST WHERE ARE YOU HIDING YOUR CONSCIENCE DEBORAH HEART AND LUNG CENTER???
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