trebor said:...
You just have to go in there guns blazing if they start playing games. I mean, threatening to go to the press, demanding to know which doctor is refusing to help, calling them out on their refusal to sign off on things—you’ve got to make some noise, go straight to the hospital administration... you know, escalate everything.
Buahaha... Like those people aren't already immune to all that even without a strike... My wife was actually stuck in the hospital for a few days a while back because the doctors wanted to "observe" her. Now, don't get me wrong, my wife is a total knockout, but what exactly are they planning to observe? They weren't even running any actual tests or anything! So she's lying there, and then on the third day during rounds, she asks the doctor to please just explain clearly what's going on and exactly what medications they're giving her and what they're for. And the guy actually laughs in her face! He tells her he's gonna kick her out of the hospital just for asking questions!??!!?
I seriously wanted to deck the guy!
So, I called up a buddy of mine who's a doctor, and he told me I should just pull her out of there because, honestly, there was absolutely no medical reason for her to be staying. So we got her discharged, and of course, everything turned out fine.
I just can't wrap my head around the sheer arrogance of these people. Seriously. If veterinarians treated animals the way these folks treat humans, they'd be dead within a day. A cow would probably gore them just for the hell of it...