Swine flu victim asked to leave ER dies next day

I laid on the floor of an ER here in Arizona, for 6hrs while coughing up blood. I was misdiagnosed with a PE and put on Coumadin. I actually had a ruptured artery in the lower part of my Rt. Upper lobe. The next time it ruptured I was still on the coumadin and could have died. The ironic part was that after waiting 6 hrs , walking around at times to the bathroom etc. I was put on bed rest in the ER. ???DUH???? I sat and watched as every child with a runny nose was seen before me. HOW DO YOU SPELL LIABILITY? I actually had people move away from me because they couldn't stand the sight of the blood I was coughing up. Don't tell me about how great the ERs are. I know you are faced with every kind of drug seeker, homeless, and psychos, but UNFORTUNATLY that comes with the territory. Truly sick people should be seen first! The staff at the window could see how much blood I was losing.

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas —
The mother of a man who died of a swine flu-related illness said her son was asked to leave a Texas hospital a day before his death because he was lying on the floor, too ill sit in a chair.

Irving Neil Range, 58, of Corpus Christi died in the emergency room of Christus Spohn Hospital Memorial on Friday of a swine-flu related illness, confirmed Annette Rodriguez, interim director of Corpus Christi-Nueces County Public Health District.

Opal Range told the Corpus Christi Caller-Times that her son went to the emergency room Oct. 1, but laid on the floor because he felt too sick to sit a chair while waiting to see a doctor.

She said a security guard asked him to leave so he went home. Her son returned to the emergency room the next day and died....

http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/ap/tx/6658531.html

I laid on the floor of an ER here in Arizona, for 6hrs while coughing up blood. I was misdiagnosed with a PE and put on Coumadin. I actually had a ruptured artery in the lower part of my Rt. Upper lobe. The next time it ruptured I was still on the coumadin and could have died. The ironic part was that after waiting 6 hrs , walking around at times to the bathroom etc. I was put on bed rest in the ER. ???DUH???? I sat and watched as every child with a runny nose was seen before me. HOW DO YOU SPELL LIABILITY? I actually had people move away from me because they couldn't stand the sight of the blood I was coughing up. Don't tell me about how great the ERs are. I know you are faced with every kind of drug seeker, homeless, and psychos, but UNFORTUNATLY that comes with the territory. Truly sick people should be seen first! The staff at the window could see how much blood I was losing.

I believe this considering I know someone who has 2 children with h1n1. The 4 year old has asthma and the hospital refused to treat him because he was over the age of 2.... I find that disgusting.

I consider it an abominable smear on our healthcare system in the US.