Did you ever get through to the Ombudsman? Hospitals in California are required, by law (& guess how I found out about this one ...) to have one available to patients & their families 24/7. The fact that most people aren't aware of this means that the hospital may only have one on site during any given week. Tough. Use that resource, get him/her out of bed or back from Hawaii or whatever. & be sure to threaten malpractice (as in "name your lawyer") if Colleen gets any worse after release.
Then write a nice, friendly, letter to the Mercury-News about the piss-poor treatment which she is getting. I remind you that figmo is a journalist, and should be available for good advice and possible connections. I once used a reference to her to conjure threat, as in "I'm going to pass out in your airport right in front of you, and tell my personal friend in the media all about it."
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Date: 2008-11-22 07:29 pm (UTC)We want to help & we're too far away to do so.
Did you ever get through to the Ombudsman? Hospitals in California are required, by law (& guess how I found out about this one ...) to have one available to patients & their families 24/7. The fact that most people aren't aware of this means that the hospital may only have one on site during any given week. Tough. Use that resource, get him/her out of bed or back from Hawaii or whatever. & be sure to threaten malpractice (as in "name your lawyer") if Colleen gets any worse after release.
Then write a nice, friendly, letter to the Mercury-News about the piss-poor treatment which she is getting. I remind you that
Meanwhile, will prayers help?