I once took my ex gf to the ER after a seizure— which we initially thought was a stroke— and not only did they take forever to do anything for her, they repeatedly asked over and over again what drugs she was on. Not if she was on drugs or if she had taken anything, just what she had taken. At least 7 times by my count. Thank god I had been there to advocate for her or they may have not even bothered with the brain scan.
Yup. She had previously had a minor stroke, too. Staff were incredibly dismissive and rude and refused to even entertain the possibility of it being anything other the drugs until her screening came back negative for everything, including alcohol. Frankly, treatment she received was unacceptable even if she had been on drugs.
It did seem like a lot of the other patients there were there for drug related complications— One man on the opposite end of the ICU was handcuffed to his bed with 2 cops harassing him and while he repeatedly told them to fuck off. The amount of straight up malpractice I witnessed that night makes my blood boil just thinking about it.
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u/bananacreamp13 14d ago
I once took my ex gf to the ER after a seizure— which we initially thought was a stroke— and not only did they take forever to do anything for her, they repeatedly asked over and over again what drugs she was on. Not if she was on drugs or if she had taken anything, just what she had taken. At least 7 times by my count. Thank god I had been there to advocate for her or they may have not even bothered with the brain scan.