Unsanitary hospitals, unhappy patients, lots of medical malpractice
Augusta, Georgia,All across America there are constant violations of standards and practices in Veteran’s Hospitals. Take the case of a woman named June, for example. After serving in the United States military for ten years, she was experiencing abdominal pain and a high fever. In 2004, she was diagnosed with Crohn’s disease. June had attempted to receive care from private hospitals but because of the expenses, she could no longer afford it. Finally, she was admitted to the Gastrointestinal Clinic at the VA hospital. But what she found on her first day was shocking. She claims that her hospital room was extremely dirty, there were no clean towels and she had to wait hours to see a doctor. Furthermore, she was not given any medication until long into the night. By the third day she discharged herself.
Although the hands of a nurse or doctor didn’t directly harm her, June wants to make others aware of the horrible conditions that are present in VA hospitals and the lack of care and concern she received. Current statistics portray that there are about 8.3 million people eligible for government health care, including VA care. Especially since we are in a time of war, there are more veterans who will need care, and with these numbers only rising, wouldn’t it be logical to have clean hospital rooms? There are many issues that arise from negligence in these hospitals, patients are ignored and left to develop infections and they are overlooked when they should be receiving adequate treatment, dismissing a migraine when it really is a brain tumor. According to a study from 2006, hospital-acquired infections are estimated to affect about 2 million patients annually and cause an estimated 100,000 deaths: that’s one out of every 20 patients who are admitted to hospital. Nationwide, it is shocking that hospital infections are the eighth-leading cause of death. June was one of the lucky ones.
Do not become one of these statistics; contact Veteran Medical Malpractice lawyers of Eberstein and Witherite, with over 40 years of combined experience. They are skilled and ready to help you receive compensation for your suffering or damages. Contact the Law Office of Eberstein & Witherite
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