[stbernardclub]

terrible stuff

[pickledpepperRN]

Originally Posted by fergus51

If not for race issues this hospital probably would have been closed years ago. They may save a lot of lives, but how many did they needlessly end? It's sad, but a hospital can't rest on its symbolism to the community. It has to actually function well enough to help its population. Even when compared to other inner city hospitals, the place has serious problems so it isn't about that.

That is right.

The trauma unit and CCU were excellent the few times I worked there as registry.
Tele was a horror. Short staffed and lack of equipment. One person felt free to make racist remarks about "the white man" and said, "can't let no Chinese get promoted".

I took a shortcut through an outpatient orthopedic clinic with another nurse. Patients in chairs lining the hallway were yelling curses, some spit. One swung at us with a crutch making sexist remarks.

I think those who work there suffer PTSD.

SO the newspaper is asking citizens to recommend solutions.

Should all staff have to reapply for their jobs?

Replace 100% of administration?

Fire the consultants?

Get someone from outside LA to run it? From a Magnet hospital?

Have a "blame free" reporting system to deal with errors and near misses?

Keep the trauma center?

Any other ideas?

[NurseGuy_in_06]

Originally Posted by spacenurse

That is right.

The trauma unit and CCU were excellent the few times I worked there as registry.
Tele was a horror. Short staffed and lack of equipment. One person felt free to make racist remarks about "the white man" and said, "can't let no Chinese get promoted".

I took a shortcut through an outpatient orthopedic clinic with another nurse. Patients in chairs lining the hallway were yelling curses, some spit. One swung at us with a crutch making sexist remarks.

I think those who work there suffer PTSD.

SO the newspaper is asking citizens to recommend solutions.

Should all staff have to reapply for their jobs?

Replace 100% of administration?

Fire the consultants?

Get someone from outside LA to run it? From a Magnet hospital?

Have a "blame free" reporting system to deal with errors and near misses?

Keep the trauma center?

Any other ideas?

Was the person who made the "white man" comment a hospital worker or a patient? The guvenator should weigh in on a real issue and try to fix this problem.

[pickledpepperRN]

Originally Posted by NurseGuy_in_06

Was the person who made the "white man" comment a hospital worker or a patient? The guvenator should weigh in on a real issue and try to fix this problem.

It was an employee.

http://www.latimes.com/search/dispat...ticle&x=26&y=5
December 8, 2004 Hospital Places Former King/Drew Doctor on Leave
• Texas facility calls move 'a precaution' after Times report on Dennis Hooper, a pathologist accused of negligence in the care of six patients….

http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la...,2705382.story

Hooper, who worked at King/Drew from 2000 to 2002, has been accused by the Medical Board of California of negligence in the care of six patients at King/Drew, a Los Angeles County public hospital. Hooper is contesting the accusation, filed in October 2003.

The cases in the accusation include that of Johnnie Mae Williams, who went to King/Drew in March 2001 for a seemingly minor gynecological exam. Hooper determined that she had cancer of the uterine lining, and surgeons removed all of her reproductive organs, according to her medical records.

Hooper was wrong, according to the records.

His findings were based on a slide from another patient, who had brain cancer, records show. In his report, Hooper raised the possibility that the slide had been mislabeled, but the California medical board said he did not investigate further.

Hooper's colleagues had complained about his performance to King/Drew's medical leaders in August 2000, but their concerns were ignored, a county audit later found.

Although auditors recommended that King/Drew discipline Hooper, the hospital did not do so, county health officials acknowledge.

Hooper, 55, could not be reached for comment. An attorney for the pathologist, James Andrew Hinds Jr., wrote in a Nov. 5 letter to The Times that criticisms of Hooper were "without factual substantiation."

Hinds also said Hooper was precluded from commenting on patient cases because of confidentiality rules.

After Hooper left King/Drew, he moved to Texas and began working at Baptist in August 2003.

As part of its report on Hooper, which was published Tuesday, The Times sought comment from Baptist. In a letter this September, the newspaper asked whether the hospital was aware of public documents pertaining to his medical and business practices, including the medical board accusation.

In response, hospital spokeswoman Karen May said: "Dr. Hooper is a member in good standing of our medical staff here at Baptist Health System. And that's the information we're prepared to release."

In its statement released Tuesday, the hospital said, "Because of our commitment to quality, we are understandably concerned about the allegations raised today."

The statement said Hooper had served "without incident" at Baptist and that the hospital's quality assurance program requires multiple reviews of diagnoses to ensure they are accurate.
http://www.latimes.com/news/printedi...,4399192.story

[fergus51]

I personally don't see how this place can be saved. They've had opportunity after opportunity to change and the result has been the same substandard care, costing patients' lives. I say shut it down and start over. I wouldn't send my dog there for medical care today.

[RE Agent]

In California there are many King Drew's that are not being looked into. I worked at one for 4 days, quit, and went into real estate. I tried to get the story out about doctor on nurse violence, and harmed patients, and no one would listen. I'm still trying.