RE: Tehachapi Hospital
RE: Tehachapi Hospital
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Posted by jimr Wed May 16, 2007 08:57:35 PDT
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REPLY TO BRITTANY CESAREO
Many thanks for sharing the information about your adverse experience in the Tehachapi Hospital Emergency Room in your Letter To The Editor of 5-16-07.
As a member of the Tehachapi Hospital Foundation I am helping to raise corporate funding for building our new hospital. That being said, we certainly don’t want to put the kind of doctor you described in our new Emergency Room (or anywhere else in the hospital, for that matter).
Unfortunately, you did not publish the name of this doctor. Neither did the Tehachapi News in their Editor’s Note, nor did the response by the Medical Director or the CEO.
Perhaps all were afraid of being sued by him for defamation. However, legally speaking, truth is a defense to defamation and you did have several witnesses.
The Editor’s Note stated that there are a total of 8 different doctors working in the Emergency Room and I, for one, would like to know just which one is this particular uncaring and rude individual. Frankly, if it was my time to receive Emergency Room treatment and he was the only one on duty, and I knew his name, I would probably just call a taxi to take me to
Jim Richards
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Jim,
The hospital, the Medical Board of California, and the Department of Health Services know who this doctor is. We were advised not to put the doctors name in article to the paper, but rest assured the proper people have his name.
To TK,
My family is no stranger to the medical field. My husband and various other relatives work in the EMS field. That is why I take offense to your comment about hysterical mothers. I do admit my children were crying, typical for the situation. But I was in no way hysterical. Furthermore I have had several other individuals come up to me, before and after the letter to the editor, and say “let me guess who the doctor is.” They all knew exactly who it was and proceed to tell similar situations with this doctor, many of the experiences were not with children. I agree that we should not oust an asset to the medical profession. But how much of an asset is he to the Tehachapi Hospital? Through my families experience in the EMS field we believe that the doctor does not get to pick and choose the situations he has to care for, he must adapt and be able to care for all types of situations. His inability to adapt our emergency made a traumatic situation tense. This also affected care we received. I could not ask questions, he did not offer advice on care, things to look out for, or tetanus shots. He just walked away. You mentioned he was a great doctor, How do you know which of the eight doctors he was? How do you define a great doctor?
Brittany Cesareo
Proper care includes being somewhat caring at the bedside. I was able to tell what doctor she was talking about by her description. I have dealt with him many times. If he is over worked then someone get him some help or he can move to a slower hospital. I have two children one has been stitched up by this doctor. He does good work but his bedside manner does suck. Oh by the way my kids also cried and whined when being stitched up as well. How could your kids NOT cry or whine during this kind of treatment? Also if he was stitching the child up and the child could feel the pain like they said then they have the right to cry and ask for more pain killer. I find you commits cold and uncaring. Like you said something may have been going on in another room. (Like the doctors bed and TV)
To luvmy2girls,
How do we know he is one of the best doctors? The hospital contracts with a company for the doctors. What other doctors does the company have? Are they better?
ER physicians are supposed to keep an open mind and not pre-judge somebody. They have to treat injuries equal. This goes for all EMS workers.
We feel that this doctor did not do everything possible for our situation, as my wife stated above. (Quality of Care)
I don't know the specifics about your other cases. But the hospital has been very helpful in our situation to make sure this doctor doesn't treat somebody else the same.
Thank you, our girls are doing great now.
To jillees01,
Check your caps lock.
Wow, you had to dig to find this thread, it is buried now.
No my wife was not looking for a pediatrician. She knew full well that she was going to see an ER doctor.
For the future, ER's triage patients, almost like we do in the field. If there was a patient next door with a more urgent injury, the doctor would be there and not with my daughter. My wife knew this and expected this.
My children do not whine and complain. That was not what my wife said above or in the article. My youngest was crying because she didn't know what was going to happen. That was the most blood that she has ever seen. And my daughter who was injured did very well,for her first major injury, as my wife stated in the article and above. Children don't know what it feels like to have bones sticking out or a large cut. They just know it hurts.
As my wife stated above and I stated, we believe we didn't recieve proper treatment.
We decided to send this letter after talking to multiple people and hearing similar run ins. We received advise from the newspaper and the hospital before we went ahead. The article was not for us, (we know about this doctor now) but it was for you, to inform the public that you may not get the treatment you expect when you go to the ER.
We also have 3 children and we understand that cuts and bruises are a common part of childhood. But I find it insulting that you call it minor when you were not there and you don't know the situation.
We (my family) need to stop looking at this thread. We have already done what needed to be done. And everyone's idea of good healthcare is different.
To TK:
1) Other times I have been in the ER for either myself or family, the doctor has talked to us about aftercare. I am not talking about him handing us the piece of paper you take home.
3) I have asked around about this doctor and his attitude proceeds his work. I will not repeat the names that they use.
4) No we have not talked to the BoD about this doctor. Our letter to the editor was givin to them though.
It amazes me, that we have not mentioned this doctors' name once. But everyone seems to know who he is from his poor bedside manner. This is why we wrote this letter, not to get him punished, but to show the community who may be working in the ER.
Shane we agree it takes a lot more than stiches to make a good doctor.
If I was to treat somebody like that it would show up on my annual evaluation. Let alone I would probaly get a verbal.
