renee2004

thanks for the kind words. thanks for making me feel better that she was not alone. whoever is behind this HIPPA stuff should have been at the funeral today when everyone hang on to every word that my sister spoke in the eulogy as she spoke about all they did before the accident. You could see the family hurting that they were not there and were somewhat not represented. even though it was not the fault of the stuff at the Lawrenceville hospital, it has just left a horrible memory for me about this GA hospital. thanks for the kinds words though. I hope these crazy laws will improve someday.

Could the nurses here help me understand this situation. On New Years eve, my sister, her best friend and the boyfriend to the best friend were involved in a horrible car wreck. When we got to the hospital after 2am, all 3 were in the ER. My sister was laid in a brace in terrible pain waiting for the doctor. We were very concerned about her close friends also. We kept asking about the condition but were told nothing. All that happened was that the nurse kept coming to ask us for phone numbers to get in touch with the family of her best friend. We gave all the information we had but they were not able to get anyone, we later found out they had gone for an all night church service and we did not have the mum's cell phone number. We did not get hold of them till Saturday morning. The whole night the hospital insisted that the girl's family were the only ones to get any info, one patient care rep let us know that her condition was not good and that is why they needed her family. I think she only said this because she realised how concerned we were. When we finally got the family to join us at the hospital around 10am we were informed she had passed away at night, some time after 2am. It is so sad that she had no one by her side when she passed. If this every happened to my family I would want someone there by their side if I could not be there. It is INHUMANE to let people die alone when they have a close friend nearby who could give them some comfort. Is this the procedure everywhere? THey kept saying it is privacy, privacy issues, maybe HIPAA. If that is the usual practice, it SUCKS and someone needs to change it. It is one thing asking to get someone's private hospital information and it is another just wanting to know the condition of a person so that you could be there for them. The boyfriend remained hospitalized with an injured lung, injured kidney, broken ribs, internal bleeding and could not walk. I could understand not letting another sick patient see a fellow sick patient because that could make them deteriorate, but we were there healthy and strong and kept answering their questions and kept asking for info...... I really think this SUCKS!:stone