This is straight up medical negligence. You seriously mean to tell me at no point did any of these doctors just order up simple lab work to confirm that there was nothing wrong while placating the mother? Every hospital I’ve ever worked in has an unwritten policy that if you come into the ER you’re getting basic blood work and a urinalysis if only to prevent malpractice suits. I truly believe that COVID irreparably broke the already disfunctional for-profit healthcare system here in the US and with every story like this I lose hope that it will ever be fixed.
You very rarely get blood work at a US ER unless there’s an extra reason to need bloodwork.
Which I’m not against. It’s dumb to have blood work done for every er patient.
“…he had a lack of appetite, weakness, fatigue and severe dizziness, and these symptoms were getting worse…”
“…he had Covid, and, while the fever went away after a week, the toddler never fully bounced back…”
“…he came down with RSV (respiratory syncytial virus). Although common, RSV was particularly virulent that year because it hadn’t been circulating as much during the lockdown years…”
”…Eventually, the doctors confirmed Micah had an enlarged heart and blood clots on his liver…”
”…A blood clot had travelled to Micah’s lungs, causing a pulmonary embolism. His heart had stopped beating and they couldn’t revive him. Nothing could be done…”
Wow, that’s so sad.
And once again, the American healthcare system kills a patient…
* profitcare system
Doesn’t deserve the word “care” either. They don’t care for shit. They discharge you and leave you unable to care for yourself without any help.
They care about profits.
Very much so.
Well no. While that does happen often. Failing to save someone isn’t causing their death.
In this specific case, they simply failed to save someone they could have. Nothing they did was the cause of this kids death.
The difference is, if the mother kept the kid home, it would have all played out the same.
When the healthcare system kills someone. They would have survived if they stayed home. Or at least died of something different.Failing to save someone isn’t causing their death.
Unless your job is to save them and doing your job right would have saved them, but you chose not to do your job right.
if the mother kept the kid home, it would have all played out the same
So you agree the doctors were useless in this case.
