My blog and my story is a quest of getting justice without going on to the legal system. No amount of money can bring back the pain I endured and the time I lost with my baby. I believe that is the way to go to empower not only pregnant women but to people in general about the medical system
Yes things can go wrong, Yes there are risks but often these are avoidable had doctors been more proactive. The entire emphasis is giving more and more unnecessary medication as "Hospital beds that are filled are revenue streams"
So anyway, I had received a letter from patient advocate of the Edward hospital in late September that my case would be reviewed by the committee on Oct 8th and I would receive a written response
I had a subsequent meeting with her on Oct 1st and she was one of the nicest person I had met at Edward. However am still waiting for her letter describing what was the outcome of the meeting of the grievance committee
Friday, 17 October 2008
Friday, 10 October 2008
Meeting with the patient advocate\Modifying medical records
I had a meeting with the patient advocate of the Edward Hospital. She was very nice and understanding about the whole issue and she said that my letter has been forwarded to the Vice President of Risk management
I know maybe nothing will come out of it as she said that Hospital employ doctors as independent contractors and hence cannot do anything about it. She asked me to write to Department of professional regulation about it.
She spent almost an hour talking with me about everything and it was really nice. I also asked her about the process for getting my medical records modified. Though my records have lots of false information by Dr Bajaj, there is one that I particularly need taken care of
On Day 3, It was 36 hours after the CT Scan. Dr Bajaj had asked me not to breastfeed but Dr Quejada said it was ok to breastfeed. It is recommended to wait 24 hours after scan to start feeding but we had decided to wait 48 hours.
Before the baby came, I had gotten out of bed and lost a lot of blood. I was placed on strict bedrest catherised again. And I was given an antibiotic which was incompatible with the heparin drip. So I had to have a fresh IV in second arm. That IV failed 5 times because my blood was too thin. With IVs in both arm, when my baby was bought to me, I asked Bharat to hold him
Dr Bajaj has written in my records "Patient refuses to hold and nurse the baby". I hope Arnav doesnt think I am a bad mom. I was missing my baby away in the nursery all the time, yearning for him. How can I refuse to hold the baby
I know maybe nothing will come out of it as she said that Hospital employ doctors as independent contractors and hence cannot do anything about it. She asked me to write to Department of professional regulation about it.
She spent almost an hour talking with me about everything and it was really nice. I also asked her about the process for getting my medical records modified. Though my records have lots of false information by Dr Bajaj, there is one that I particularly need taken care of
On Day 3, It was 36 hours after the CT Scan. Dr Bajaj had asked me not to breastfeed but Dr Quejada said it was ok to breastfeed. It is recommended to wait 24 hours after scan to start feeding but we had decided to wait 48 hours.
Before the baby came, I had gotten out of bed and lost a lot of blood. I was placed on strict bedrest catherised again. And I was given an antibiotic which was incompatible with the heparin drip. So I had to have a fresh IV in second arm. That IV failed 5 times because my blood was too thin. With IVs in both arm, when my baby was bought to me, I asked Bharat to hold him
Dr Bajaj has written in my records "Patient refuses to hold and nurse the baby". I hope Arnav doesnt think I am a bad mom. I was missing my baby away in the nursery all the time, yearning for him. How can I refuse to hold the baby
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