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In reply to the discussion: ER Doctor Suspended After Mocking Patient Suffering From Anxiety Attack [View all]Boomer
(4,173 posts)40. White poor people get similar assumptions
I live in West Virginia and we've had some really unpleasant experiences in the ER. My wife was in considerable pain and even though we TOLD them that she does not react well to painkillers and that we were more worried about finding the cause of the pain, the attending physician assumed she was faking for drugs.
We were dressed pretty roughly that day, so it was pretty obvious he had pegged us as poor white trash and stopped caring or paying attention.
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ER Doctor Suspended After Mocking Patient Suffering From Anxiety Attack [View all]
Judi Lynn
Jun 2018
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News & Video of incident. Dr. Keegstra was suspended after the abusive visit..
appalachiablue
Jun 2018
#8
Unfortunately, there are people out there who throw what we call 'pseudo-seizures' as a way
Aristus
Jun 2018
#3
She didn't make much of an effort to figure out whether that was the case.
The Velveteen Ocelot
Jun 2018
#5
The "making the black people wait arbitrarily" trope may have been the staff consulting on their
Anon-C
Jun 2018
#12
When I worked in an ER on weekends about 40 years ago, that was almost SOP. The night shift...
George II
Jun 2018
#7
Hope someone points that out to her in her own circle of acquaintances. She needs to hear it.
Judi Lynn
Jun 2018
#24
My daughter who was not drinking broke both ankle in a fall off a bleacher ..concert.
Demsrule86
Jun 2018
#22
All the more reason why she shouldn't be allowed to work in an emergency room.
The Velveteen Ocelot
Jun 2018
#15
I told my younger daughter's story...and the fact is there is very little mental health care in this
Demsrule86
Jun 2018
#23
While racial profiling is probably a factor here, the sad reality is this occurance is the sad state
still_one
Jun 2018
#26