http://arnoldwatch.org/
Nov 05, 2004 - 09:55 AM
It was stories of patients who died of neglect in California hospitals, like 47 year-old Dwight Lobb, that led to the state law requiring adequate nurse-to-patient ratios. But, flush with $150K from hospital giant Kaiser, Arnold has suddenly targeted these ratios for termination.
The Lobb family already knows what other California families will soon find out under Arnold's plan: hospitals become death traps when company executives look to increase profit margins by cutting back on first-responders -- the nurses.
David Lobb died of internal hemorrhaging while left unattended and unmonitored for an hour and a half after complaining of severe pain and abdominal spasms. There were simply not enough nurses on duty to care for even the sickest patients. …
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