St. John’s Hospital in Santa Monica has been making a big “to do” about their renovations (face lift?) and alleged state-of-the-art facilities in recent months – but, what good are they – if the individuals employed there (Nurses, Doctors and Technicians) aren’t qualified and don’t care about the well-being of patients in their charge?
For example, after a patient was injected with morphine at St. John's Hospital recently, Dr. Robin Kaminsky proceed to issue an order to discharge the sick individual a short while later, in spite of the fact the patient was groggy, dizzy (off-balance when they tried to walk) and still complaining of the ills they were admitted for.
Notwithstanding that glaring act of negligence, Kaminsky was inclined to release the patient in a questionable state of health at 1:30 a.m. in the dark of night all on their own.
Neither Kaminsky – nor the nurse who ushered the wobbly patient out into the cold parking lot – took any steps to ensure that the individual would get home safely and without mishap.
In fact, quite the opposite occurred, folks!
The patient was encouraged to drive out of the parking lot – in a heavily sedated state – on their own (with no escort!).
The patient wisely elected to call a friend after being kicked out into the street in a dischevelled state in the middle of the night.
Meanwhile, it should be noted that St. John’s Hospital has the audacity to boast in their promotional flyers that their facility is a health care provider that observes the Ethical and Religious Directives for Catholic Health Services.
The Sisters of Charity of Leavenworth must have very low standards!
By the way, it came as no surprise to hear that the "waiting room" at St. John's "Emergency" clinic is usually empty.
Patients are either trekking off to facilities elsewhere right off-the-bat (and avoiding St. John's Hospital altogether from the get-go) or being turfed out on the heels of being run through an "assembly-line" patient procedure that smacks of insurance rip-off and medical malpractice.
Individuals who have experienced the humiliating bum's rush generally exit the hospital fuming.
"The doctor (Robin Kaminsky) wouldn't give me painkillers because she said they'd make me constipated," one disgruntled patient uttered up in disgust.
"What none sense."
Shocking, when you consider their published "Mission Statement".
For example, in their manual, St. John's specifically states that they have a commitment to addressing a patient's need for pain relief.
"Relieving your pain is important to us at St. John's. Keeping pain under control helps you recover faster with fewer problems," the manual asserts. "We will do everything to minimize your pain. Please let us know how we can help you."
Obviously, Kaminsky (and her fellow quack physicians) haven't read their own promotional "pap".
In the final analysis?
Their much bally-hooed pain scale - used to access pain for the purpose of providing suitable relief - is a load of hogwash.
Sometimes, the pain is actually inflicted by the Doctors and the nursing staff, by the way.
Patients have complained, for instance, that incompetent Nurses have often poked their veins numerous times before "getting it right" (inserting an IV in their arm for the purposes of drawing blood and injecting fluids).
And, so - on the heels of the traumatic "jabbing expedition" - they are often blessed with unsightly bruises and bloody open sores on their arms (with no apologies from the nursing staff or technicians).
Oftentimes, neglectful Doctors leave patients languishing on gurneys for hours on end, while they joke around and kibbitz with fellow hospital staff.
And, when it comes to a prognosis - well - physicians like Dr. Morris T. Gabie and Dr. Goldstein - don't have a clue. After ordering a battery of costly physical exams and tests - and racking up exorbitant medical bills and doctors fees - patients are often released without any resolution of their ailments.
Uh-huh.
The poor losers are forced to schlepp off to another facility for a "second" opinion!
Regular staff at the Hospital are not much better when it comes to professional standards either.
One security guard was spotted cracking jokes about Condoleeza Rice on the telephone to a buddy on the other end while on duty on the hospital's buck (and as patients stared on in disgust).
Yup!
All round, there is a low sense of priority and a shocking lack of professionalism at St. John's in respect to medical care (common sense, and what-have-you!).
But, the problems don't only exist in the halls of the medical facility, no Sir.
For months - a huge mound of broken rubble, earth, and smelly waste - has been left at the front-edge of the property near the sidewalk without a clean-up in sight.
I wonder how many pedestrians and motorists have been subjected to nasty bouts of dust in the eyes or forced to breath hazardous fumes into their lungs daily as they innocently commute by St. John's garbage heap totally unaware of the potential hazard.
If you ask me, St. John's Hospital is a menace to the community-at-large.
Isn't it time the "authorities" stepped in and read them the riot act?
News at 11!
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