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There have been recent situations here in Canada where very ill people were literally on the doorstep of the ER asking for help but were refused any help. In n
by dghughes 10y ago
There have been recent situations here in Canada where very ill people were literally on the doorstep of the ER asking for help but were refused any help.
In nearly all the situations the staff in the building told the sick people outside to call 911 to get transported inside two feet inside the door.
The hospital workers and by that I mean nurses and doctors were unwilling to help even though the people outside were very ill.
- knowtheory 10y agoSo, the problem in Canada is that those policies are left up to each hospital or health unit to decide, and there doesn't appear to be a consensus (which is weird) http://www.cbc.ca/news/health/hospital-er-call-help-1.3686300 http://www.cbc.ca/news/health/hospital-er-call-help-1.368630...
- geoka9 10y agoSo the problem was that those people couldn't get inside the ER by themselves and the nurses and doctors refused to move them? I ask because I once walked my relative into an ER and they were attended to, no problem.
- dghughes 10y agoYes sometimes it's a person literally on the doorstep of the ER in front of the doors. One time a news report said the person was in a passenger seat of a car. But usually right there at the ER in some state of distress. I can understand some concerns of staff but to flat out refuse seems to go against the ethics of being in the medical trade. I also suspect it's government bureaucracy and union rules, paperwork trumps life I guess.