A 26-year-old dental student in Connecticut died in an intensive care unit that was overseen by a remote "tele-health" doctor who pronounced him dead on a video screen, a lawsuit says.
I had a pretty similar experience last time I went to the ER. Was violently throwing up all night, partner takes me to the ER in the middle of the night. I get there and the person doing my intake is someone on an iPad, like literally at home talking to me through a screen.
Waited, and waited, and waited. Guy who was also waiting started getting antsy, he got in a fight of some sort and had head trauma. He started talking (albeit loudly) how he was waiting for hours and he was gonna beat their asses. Guy was definitely incapacitated, was laying down on the floor concussed and shit, instead the staff kicked him out for threatening them after making a man with brain trauma wait to see a doctor for at least 8 hours at that point.
Around 7am(?) I got to the point where I was so tired I told myself I’d rather die at home than wait in that lobby any longer, so we left lol.
Ended up getting a $500 bill sent to my mail a week later, just for the intake, even though I talked to the receptionist before I left and she said I wouldn’t get charged lol.
I had a pretty similar experience last time I went to the ER. Was violently throwing up all night, partner takes me to the ER in the middle of the night. I get there and the person doing my intake is someone on an iPad, like literally at home talking to me through a screen.
Waited, and waited, and waited. Guy who was also waiting started getting antsy, he got in a fight of some sort and had head trauma. He started talking (albeit loudly) how he was waiting for hours and he was gonna beat their asses. Guy was definitely incapacitated, was laying down on the floor concussed and shit, instead the staff kicked him out for threatening them after making a man with brain trauma wait to see a doctor for at least 8 hours at that point.
Around 7am(?) I got to the point where I was so tired I told myself I’d rather die at home than wait in that lobby any longer, so we left lol.
Ended up getting a $500 bill sent to my mail a week later, just for the intake, even though I talked to the receptionist before I left and she said I wouldn’t get charged lol.