Memo to self -- do not have surgery in New York
From
The Washington Post:
Kidney donation saga takes another grim turn for NYC man who lost sister during surgery
Two weeks ago, Roberto Medina�s sister died while undergoing surgery to give him one of her kidneys. Now, the ailing New York City man is leaving the hospital feeling traumatized � again.
Medina told reporters he was summoned to Montefiore Medical Center on Wednesday and told that a new kidney had been found to replace the one lost in the botched surgery on his sister, Yolanda.
People normally wait years for a transplant. But Medina said doctors told him he was rushed to the top of a waiting list out of sympathy.
On Friday, he was discharged with bad news: The agency that oversees transplants doesn�t allow people to skip to the head of the line unless it is a medical emergency.
Unreal -- the doctors botch the surgery on his sister -- killing her -- they then botch the surgery on him -- necessitating a new kidney, they promise him a replacement and then break that promise.
One or two of these events would be tragic but this borders on the incompetent. Welcome to Obamacare.
Strange too as
Montefiore Medical Center is a very big hospital and is rated as being
one of the best although in this same rating, 8% of respondents would
Probably or definitely not recommend the hospital to friends and family while the national average for all US hospitals is only 5%...
Posted by DaveH at June 9, 2012 7:45 PM