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Has your child ever been kicked out of a hospital because of your medical card?
My 1 yr. old grand-daughter developed an eye condition that without surgery would cause her to blind. Her doctor recommended she see a specialist. Her mother called numerous specialists, all denied her because of her medical card. Finally she went to Children's Hospital where a specialist there agreed to do the surgery. The doctor explained that the baby would need to spend two days in the hospital for monitoring after surgery. This week the surgery was done, about an hour after surgery they were informed that they had to take her home because the medical card didn't cover a hospital stay. The baby wasn't even fully recovered from the anesthesia yet. In fact they were in such a hurry to get her out of there that they left wire monitors on her chest, which were found when they arrived home. It was ok to send my Grand-daughter home so shouldn't it be ok to send the other ones home too? No- because the hospital can milk more money out of the insurance company if they stay.
She came home crying bloody tears, and still nearly sound asleep from anesthesia. What if she would have had adverse affects from the anesthesia and morphine? Is a child with a medical card less important than one with regular insurance? When we called the hospital to complain about the wires left on her being a choking hazard and the fact they sent her home too early, they hung up on us!
I thought this was a story people should hear as with the economy being hit so hard here in the US many would be in need of medical attention and would need a medical card. Understand that many doctors and hospitals will turn you away if you have one. Or they will cut corners. I heard of a child who actually died because his mother couldn't get medical attention for an absess tooth because she had a medical card.
7 Answers
- 1 decade agoFavorite Answer
I'm sorry to hear about your situation, unfortunately it happens all too often.
If you want to seek recourse for the Hospital's actions, you probably can not sue for Malpractice unless there was actually harm done to the child. However, you can file a complaint under the EMTLA Act (I think it stands for Emergency Medical Treament and Labor Act). Basically it states that a Hospital can not deny essential care based upon inability to pay. Post-Op recovery would be considered essential treatment, so you could file a complaint. While you would not recover any money the Hospital could be fined and they would be less likely to do this to someone else in the future.
- Anonymous1 decade ago
just recently i had friend who had a stroke and they tried an was going to kick her out and at the time could not walk by her self nor move her left arm fully because she didn't have insurance this woman had worked 30 years some times in that 30 years she held 2 jobs at once but to sum it up her daughter went to her Dr who was treating her mom at the hospital and explained that she didn't and no how to take care of some one in this condition and that if they sent her mom home like that and something happen to her she would sue the hospital well her mom got to stay in the hospital i would take my child to a lawyers office and child protective services file a damn complaint on the sob's
- TATLv 71 decade ago
You get what you pay for. Don't worry. Those with insurance have padded bills to make up for those who don't. If you think the hospital was wrong, file a complaint. I have insurance and my child had surgery at about that age and they sent him home. When we become a socialist country, your granddaughter won't even be able to get eye surgery due to a lack of doctors, long waiting lists, and govt inefficiency.
- 5 years ago
My son had a PICC line when he was first in the hospital. He was much younger, than Lily (he was just a few days old). It made me nervous that it would get pulled out or get infected but the nurses were really good about checking the dressing and if it was even a little off they would fix it. In the end I was glad that he had it so that there was less poking for blood draws and medicine. His was put in his ankle and was nice to have out of the way and off his busy hands. Good luck with everything!
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- sadloner07Lv 51 decade ago
Actually there is a tiny bit of Malpractice in what they did. They should have not hurried off to get the child (especially a baby) out of the hospitals that she has wires on her body.
- Anonymous1 decade ago
if the hospital is a government owned, you could probably complain of their poor service to a higher authority
- Anonymous1 decade ago
only in America
