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| Girl starves to death over issues with Dentists; Idiot health workers, or idiot parents? | |
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| Tweet Topic Started: Feb 10 2009, 03:47 PM (1,241 Views) | |
| Pestiferous | Feb 10 2009, 03:47 PM Post #1 |
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http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/breakingn...l-39365197.html
Now, what I can't figure out is why the parents didn't drag their daughter (who obviously had severe psychological issues) to a hospital. Really. If I was a healthcare worker, and someone called me telling me their child was refusing to eat, I would probably brush them off, too - because common sense would dictate a parent would just bring their child in to a hospital were they truly fearful for his/her life. Not just phoning around. But that's just me. |
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| ConfusedMonkey | Feb 10 2009, 03:56 PM Post #2 |
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People assume far too often that the healthcare professionals are always right. If you think your child is sick, and you aren't being taken seriously - take your child to A&E and STAY there until you are seen. If the child didn't eat or take fluids for that long, common sense says that the child is going to die. As much as I believe that the healthcare professionals handled this incredibly badly, the parents have to accept some responsibility for not doing more to prevent their child's death. I think her parents get that, there's a few more quotes on the Daily Mail: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11...rved-death.html
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| ConfusedMonkey | Feb 10 2009, 04:01 PM Post #3 |
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There's another story which I was talking to Lori about last week, where a little girl lost her legs because she had Meningitis which went undiagnosed for a few days. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-...home-visit.html
Here - the child was hallucinating and vomiting, AND their other child had just been in hospital with septicaemia. And they waited for their GP. |
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| HollyHostess | Feb 10 2009, 04:01 PM Post #4 |
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It's not unrealistic that an 8 year old child is scared of doctors/dentists. Let's face it, not many pleasant things go on there. A dentist is even more terrifying, even x-rays hurt if you have a smaller mouth. I imagine that poor little girl was traumatized. I cannot imagine someone extracting 7 teeth from my mouth in one go. How fucking awful. I'm sure there was good reason she didnt want to eat. But yeah, the parents should have been more proactive instead of placing all their trust in health professionals. Sad case all around. |
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| Evil_Henry | Feb 10 2009, 04:37 PM Post #5 |
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Totally unnecessary and I doubt I'd want to open my mouth after that too. There is such a thing though as liquid food. A blender and a straw might have been enough to help the poor girl get over her fear but we'll never know. |
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| ConfusedMonkey | Feb 10 2009, 04:40 PM Post #6 |
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According to the Daily Mail, when she was 4 a dentist accidentally cut her tongue during a check up. How the fuck does one accidentally cut someone's tongue? That must have hurt like hell. It's bad enough when you accidentally bite your own tongue, so having it cut like that must have been horrendous. Dentists are evil. |
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| HollyHostess | Feb 10 2009, 05:36 PM Post #7 |
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The problem is with most extractions you cannot suck through a straw for a period of time. I know when I had a wisdom tooth extracted, the dentist told me not to use a straw for at least a week. I do agree with Monks though, dentists are evil. |
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| ErgonomicLogic | Feb 10 2009, 06:52 PM Post #8 |
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Yes. And goodluck having a lawsuit for malpractice in the UK. I naturally blame socialized medicine and the shields that are put up protecting quacks to insulate the government's dime. Also, is it any wonder why the British get such shit for poor dental hygiene? |
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| Mock | Feb 10 2009, 07:40 PM Post #9 |
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Yes, because multi-million dollar payouts for a spilled cup of coffee is the preferred alternative. |
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| Pestiferous | Feb 10 2009, 07:54 PM Post #10 |
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Everyone knows that if you sue enough people for enough money, your kid comes back to life. Pfft. |
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| zippy® | Feb 10 2009, 08:58 PM Post #11 |
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yeah, brits with poor dental hygiene...not a stereotype at all. well, at least no more so than americans being fat, arrogant, ignorant, non-passport owning, under-educated, polluting, assholes, devoid of all but the most basic sense of humour. yeah, sad case, that dentist story. irrespective of the rights and wrongs of the treatment in this particular case, it is extremely difficult to understand how any parent of a child would be able to watch their child starve to death at home, over a period of 3 weeks, without doing more than repeatedly picking up a telephone. i do think it partly reflects this totally transfer of responsibility for healthcare from the individual onto the government, or government healthcare system, at least. i can never understand why [mentally astute] people dont generally take a greater level of interest and responsibility for their own health..."oh yeah, the doctor did say i had this condition, but i can never remember what it is", and "yes, i do take several pills, theres a red one, and a green one...you must know what they are!", and, in this case "oh, well i did speak to the doctor a few times, and they never told me to bring our child in to hospital, so i was rather surprised when she, erm, died." |
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| ErgonomicLogic | Feb 10 2009, 10:47 PM Post #12 |
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Actually it was a million, if you've seen the picture of the injury you wouldn't find it that outrageous. The injured woman offered to settle with McDonald's beforehand for under $100,000 which would barely cover her medical bills but they refused. The judge reduced the jury's award to approximately $450,000. Another part of the consideration was that McDonald's purposely overheated their coffee to hide its crappy flavor. And now McDonald's inceased the quality of their coffee and maintains it at a reasonable temperature. Anymore platitudes Mock? |
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| Pestiferous | Feb 10 2009, 11:49 PM Post #13 |
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It was 2.84 million, and that was eventually downgraded to $640,000 before both parties settled for a confidential amount. She offered to settle for $20,000 for medical bills, but her medical bills were actually only $11,000. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liebeck_v._Mc...9;s_Restaurants The attorney was Reed Morgan - who turns out to be quite the ambulance chaser. As for shitty coffee having to be hotter:
Any coffee is best served extremely hot. Are your exaggerations just feel-good inspiration passed around law schools? Add little touches like "barely covered her medical bills!" and "they serve it hot to scam the public!" in order to martyr the person representing her? Yeah, fight that corporate scum! They serve coffee, like, way too hot. |
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| stevapalooza | Feb 11 2009, 12:00 AM Post #14 |
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So how have you been Wes? |
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| Pestiferous | Feb 11 2009, 12:05 AM Post #15 |
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I'm good, Steva. Still working a ridiculous amount of hours, but good. How have you been lately? How's the graphic novel scene? |
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| ConfusedMonkey | Feb 11 2009, 12:14 AM Post #16 |
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Doctors are sued in the UK as well. From the link about the girl with meningitis:
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| stevapalooza | Feb 11 2009, 12:50 AM Post #17 |
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Not bad. We just had the NY comic convention this weekend. Nerds ahoy!
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| Xx_SwordWords_xX | Feb 11 2009, 01:21 AM Post #18 |
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Uhm... remind me again why public health care is not a good idea?
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| stevapalooza | Feb 11 2009, 03:37 AM Post #19 |
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Um, I'm talking to Wes, do you mind! This is our thread now. The rest of you take your little dead child discussion elsewhere. So Wes, how has the winter been treating you? |
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| Pestiferous | Feb 11 2009, 03:46 AM Post #20 |
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It's been interesting - the winter this year has been very cold, and then very warm, and then very cold...right now we're very warm again. Planning any trips this year? Aside from the nerd conference? |
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