4 years ago
In April, 2019, a family member of mine was treat...
In April, 2019, a family member of mine was treated for the 3 days in the FMC emergency department for alcohol and drug withdrawals and suicidal thoughts.
He had no healthcare insurance. FMC placed him in a recliner (not a bed) in the common area of a small lockdown unit within the emergency department for the entire 3 days that he was there. During that 3 days, he was given a light blanket, NO ROUTINE MEDS FOR WITHDRAWAL SYMPTOMS, not offered a toothbrush or an opportunity to bathe. The only liquids he was offered were small sodas with meals. He did receive ONE small styrofoam cup of ice water after asking for it for 4 hours and after I asked the nurse for it again after that 4 hours. The nurses literally SAT IN A BOOTH LESS THAN 10 FEET AWAY from him during his ENTIRE stay and STILL couldn t find the time to give him water, a toothbrush, soap/wash cloth/towel EVEN AFTER I COMPLAINED TO THE NURSES THAT MY FAMILY MEMBER S BREATH AND BODY ODORS had become VERY FOUL. He was not offered clean hospital attire during his entire stay either.
One of his assigned doctors even tried to discharge him from the hospital after approximately 24 hours while he was withdrawing from drugs and alcohol.
My family member has never been treated for substance abuse issues before, but I ve worked in a detox center in the past and know that he was improperly treated at FMC.
I ve NEVER in my life seen a person treated as INHUMANELY as my family member was at FMC.
Heaven help anyone who has no insurance.
Animals in shelters are treated better than my family member was treated at FMC and he now has a $6,050 BILL FROM FMC to pay for his 3 day NIGHTMARISH treatment there.