embarrassed guy
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What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)? Florida
(Not sure of the right place to place this question, some help would be appreciated)
I was a patient in the hospital and a female employee, taking blood, exposed her breasts to me, to the nipples, due to her blouse cut opening. The First exposure was for several minutes then she had to move to my other arm as she could not find a good vein. When she started on the other arm, her blouse was once again open. (NO buttons, just very large and open).
This time before she began to try to take blood from this other arm, I stopped her and apologized and told her she was exposing herself and it was very disconcerting. She looked at her blouse and apologized and said she must have exposed herself several times that day. She pulled the blouse up and once again bent over and started her blood collection process. Once again her blouse fell open displaying her breasts to the nipples.. This lasted for another 3-4 minutes.
Being 63 years old and married for 46 years I found this very embarrassing and disturbing. The young lady technician had to stick my arm several times because she could not get a good vein to extract the blood. I believe she stuck me 4 times before having success in the left arm. I may have had a problem because my blood flow was being directed elsewhere..
I thought the rest of the day about the situation and decided to peruse it with the Hospital Management.
I called Hospital management, who sent a Risk Management Manager to my room and I filed a complaint.
2 weeks later, I spoke with the Risk Manager who told me they investigated the situation and will implement new dress codes and assured me it will not happen again.
He asked if I was satisfied with that or did I need something more?
I told him I did not know, but thought I should talk to an attorney. I don't want to take up someones time if I do not have a case to pursue.
Any help or thoughts would be appreciated.
I know most people would just say I was lucky, but I am not feeling that way, nor did I at the time. It was very difficult.What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)?
(Not sure of the right place to place this question, some help would be appreciated)
I was a patient in the hospital and a female employee, taking blood, exposed her breasts to me, to the nipples, due to her blouse cut opening. The First exposure was for several minutes then she had to move to my other arm as she could not find a good vein. When she started on the other arm, her blouse was once again open. (NO buttons, just very large and open).
This time before she began to try to take blood from this other arm, I stopped her and apologized and told her she was exposing herself and it was very disconcerting. She looked at her blouse and apologized and said she must have exposed herself several times that day. She pulled the blouse up and once again bent over and started her blood collection process. Once again her blouse fell open displaying her breasts to the nipples.. This lasted for another 3-4 minutes.
Being 63 years old and married for 46 years I found this very embarrassing and disturbing. The young lady technician had to stick my arm several times because she could not get a good vein to extract the blood. I believe she stuck me 4 times before having success in the left arm. I may have had a problem because my blood flow was being directed elsewhere..
I thought the rest of the day about the situation and decided to peruse it with the Hospital Management.
I called Hospital management, who sent a Risk Management Manager to my room and I filed a complaint.
2 weeks later, I spoke with the Risk Manager who told me they investigated the situation and will implement new dress codes and assured me it will not happen again.
He asked if I was satisfied with that or did I need something more?
I told him I did not know, but thought I should talk to an attorney. I don't want to take up someones time if I do not have a case to pursue.
Any help or thoughts would be appreciated.
I know most people would just say I was lucky, but I am not feeling that way, nor did I at the time. It was very difficult.What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)?