what should i do? my mother was dropped off of a hospital gurney?

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she has had a slipped disk in her back about a year ago, it is a reoccurring problem over the last few years. what happed was that she had sneezed and put her back out in early morning, after a couple of hours it was discovered and an ambulance called. they had some difficulty getting her out of the apartment, but it went fine. once she was in the hospital, when they were trying to change her onto another bed. they dropped her onto the floor!, she was in extreme pain, and the left side of her body was numb for almost 2 days, when she fell the whole gurney she was on fell over, while she was strapped to it, while one of the straps was choking her

paramedicgirl · Accepted Answer

First of all, how did she fall onto the floor when they were putting her onto the ER bed AND have the cot tip over with her strapped to it? Secondly, if they had the straps up so high that they "were choking her", she probably needs to lose a few hundred pounds! That top strap goes under the arms. Sounds like you and/or your mom don't have your facts right. Sounds to me like she should have been able to get her butt in a car and drive herself to a hospital anyway if it took " a couple of hours" to discover that she had "put her back out" by sneezing! "Ambulance" does not equal "taxi". Sounds like she's on Medicaid and trying to get what looks to her like an easy buck.

&lt;***mAdS***&gt; · Answer

If it worsened her condition then I would sue... but if she was still in the same condition then I wouldn't  worry about it because the people who work at the hospital are just doing their jobs and everyone makes mistakes. I bet they felt REALLY really bad. :D

seriously · Answer

Try to take care of her or see a lawyer

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