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dlc56
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My father-in-law was admitted to a hospital in early July to treat an infected wound in his foot caused by diabetes. He was in the hospital for a few days before they did a partial amputation of his foot. It did not heal and he had to have his leg amputated three weeks later. The care he received at this hospital was extremely lacking. He had a couple of good nurses but for the most part if we were not there to make sure things got done - they didn't. The wound from his amputated leg healed beautifully on its own within a few days and he was transferred to a rehabilitation/nursing facility. When he arrived there and we were helping to get him situated we noticed horrible bed sores on his back side. The rehab facility did what they could to help them heal but did not have much luck. Last night we had to take him back to a hospital (we chose another one). He has a staph infection in his blood apparently caused by these open wounds (one of them has tunneled). He is very sick and in intensive care. His blood pressure is very low; his heart rate very high; bleeding internally (not found where yet). They are aggressivaly tending to the wounds but were flabergastted when they saw them. My heart is breaking for this dear man who is suffering so much unnecessarily. He will be 80 in two weeks. During our first week at the rehab/nursing facility another patient was brought in from that same hospital with bed sores. We got excuses daily from the first hospital that they were understaffed and had "paperwork" to do; etc. etc. The lack of empathy and caring scared me. I pray I never have to go! This has got to stop somewhere. It was their lack of care and diligence that caused the bed sores. We have never considered sueing before but maybe it will make them change the way they care for their patients. If it saved one person from having to go through the unnecessary pain that my father-in-law is experiencing now it will be worth whatever aggravation it causes. Thank you in advance for your advice.
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