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Friday, December 04, 2009

The Philadelphia hospital where Joaquin Rivera died while waiting to see a doctor - and where his watch was stolen by suspected drug addicts - said today that it was conducting an "intensive internal investigation" of the incident that has gained national attention. Rivera, 63, was pronounced dead at 12:04 a.m. Sunday - one hour and 19 minutes after he checked into the emergency room at Aria Health-Frankford Campus complaining of pain in the left side of his torso, police said.

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What's he gonna do... press charges?

Life sucks, then you die, then you get robbed.

I think the bigger story here is the fact he died while sitting in the waiting room.

Here's a tip.

If you go to the emergency room with vague symptoms, you will be sitting and waiting for quite awhile.

If you go to the emergency room with vague symptoms and one of them is difficulty breathing... you will be seen much sooner.

"Man Has Watch Stolen After Dying in Emergency Room."

Not like he needs it anymore.

His time was up.

Time slipped away from him.

I can see this happening with obamacare. The fed will need to pay for it somehow.

I can see this happening with obamacare.
#6 | Posted by chickenrancher

......it's already happening without Obamacare.....

......this guy plus forty thousand a year more Americans dead without insurance.......

"......this guy plus forty thousand a year more Americans dead without insurance......."

is it nonsensical posting time?

All add to it then... So it would appear having insurance wouldn't have made a difference then.

This is fun!

Citing patient confidentiality and the police investigation, the hospital said it could not comment on the circumstances surrounding Rivera's death.

Rivera's family did not have such qualms.

"I'm disgusted," Joaquin Rivera Jr., 25, said in an interview at his family's Frankford home last night. "He should be alive today.

"I feel like the hospital killed him," he added.

Maria Rivera, 61, wanted her husband of nearly 38 years to be remembered for what he did in life, especially through his folklore music group, Los Pleneros del Batey. She did not want him remembered as "Joaquin, the one that somebody killed."

What's more, they have yet to hear from the hospital


They'll hear from the hospital when the hospital sends a bill.

I would also expect some comparison from the right about the stolen watch being similar to the "death tax". So far the righties have disappointed me.

So far the righties have disappointed me.

#9 | Posted by Whatsleft

We don't have time.

We don't have time.

#10 | Posted by wisgod

I know, the circle jerk on the other thread, between you and Feelgood and Chairborne, has used all your time up.

Busy! Busy! Busy!

Under Obamacare he would have been given up for dead by the hospital death panel.

Can you prove that Thomas the Denier? Any thing to back your statement up?

I can see this happening with obamacare.

Yea, a true capitalist would never steal for the greater good. Certainly the watch is in a conservative thrift shop waiting to save someone from the hell of missing an appointment with the Devil.

Do republicans blame Obama for everything?

Gotta love the private sector.

The wait in the ER was because of RTARD care, you know, where the uninsured go to the ER for their free care and clog up the system so that wait times are long enough for the occasional person to die.

Thanks all you s Republican Appologists and Insurance Company Shills. Heckofa job you tools are doing.

Here's hoping it is YOU sitting in the ER chair with chest pains next time.

The thieves were obviously Democrats who voted for the Messiah

"the Messiah"

Even at this point, Vernon still thinks Obama is "the Messiah"?!?

What a dumbfuck.

His time was up

I think the bigger story here is the fact he died while sitting in the waiting room.

Here's a tip.

If you go to the emergency room with vague symptoms, you will be sitting and waiting for quite awhile.

If you go to the emergency room with vague symptoms and one of them is difficulty breathing... you will be seen much sooner.

#2 | Posted by Roy_Batty at 2009-12-04 06:41 AM | Reply |

Your damn right its the bigger story. But I'd disagree with calling these vague symptoms. Chest pain with pain running down the left arm is classical heart attack symptom.

Not that I expect an emergency room secretary to be medically trained but cmon, heart attack isn't exactly a rare occurence in this country.

Even at this point, Vernon still thinks Obama is "the Messiah"?!?

#19 | Posted by Danforth at 2009-12-05 12:54 AM | Reply | Flag:

Funny how you take umbrage at the Messiah reference, but concede that petty thieves must be Democrats.

Funny how you take umbrage at the Messiah reference, but concede that petty thieves must be Democrats.

Funny how Verm declares that Danforth has conceded something that he never addressed.

Why do rtards lie so obviously and unneccessarily all the time?

Are they all just taking a page outta Scary Failin's book?

Cos "Scary's Big Book of Fail" is more of a "How Not To" book rather than a "How To" book.

K?

Be Well.

Your damn right its the bigger story. But I'd disagree with calling these vague symptoms. Chest pain with pain running down the left arm is classical heart attack symptom.

Not that I expect an emergency room secretary to be medically trained but cmon, heart attack isn't exactly a rare occurence in this country.

#21 | Posted by KnightHawk at 2009-12-05 03:44 AM


In the article, it said he had pain on the left side of his torso:

Rivera, 63, was pronounced dead at 12:04 a.m. Sunday - one hour and 19 minutes after he checked into the emergency room at Aria Health-Frankford Campus complaining of pain in the left side of his torso, police said.

That could be symptom of a heart attack, but those are not the classic signs.

My point is, if you go to the emergency room with a non-life threatening condition, you will be waiting for quite some time, while they treat the crowd that was there before you.

Under Obamacare people will be waiting in line for days not hours and they will need an undertaker to come in daily to pull the stiffs out.

The nurse doing triage at that hospital sure screwed up on this one. It happens more often than it should.

From my experience working in a ER, the best way to get seen immediately is to start stripping off your clothing in the waiting room while shrieking "These bugs! Get 'em off me!"

You will have a bed and an injection of something soothing in no time.

they will need an undertaker to come in daily to pull the stiffs out.
#25 | Posted by fwthom

A case of extreme erectile dysfunction

Based on inheritance/death taxes we have a choice of some thug getting the watch or the government getting it. I'm truly torn.

Young Sarvis had popped a viagra by mistake. He thought it was a purple skittle. After an erection that lasted a week and because he had no health insurance he finally showed up at the ER. He couldn't keep that thing under wraps and everyone was shouting, "Look at that DICK!" After the amputation he was known as DICKLESS which eveolved into DICK and then DOC. Generationally unemploed, DOC is hoping for the government option so he can get a free inplant.

The thieves were obviously Democrats who voted for the Messiah

#18 | Posted by vermin

What do Reagan Democrats have to do with this Vermin?

"Funny how Verm declares that Danforth has conceded something that he never addressed." - Deth

By social convention, and even in debate scoring, Danforth did concede that portion of the post. Danforth's post is typical "contextomy" here on the DR. In social settings silence about one topic in the conversation, while pointing out another is a form of consent, or agreement of the latter point. By convention if Danforth had a problem with it, or disagreed with Vern, he would have posted as such. Silence implies consent.

Have you ever dated? When going for the bra, the girl can possibly say "NO", but never says "YES". What do you do in these situations? Stop? Wait for verbal consent? If so, then I bet you are pretty bad in the sack. But I bet the Spud has had his fair share of the ladies, and used the silence as consent for permission to continue.

"Why do rtards lie so obviously and unneccessarily all the time?" - Deth

I see this sort of quote mining more often than not here on the DR, it is almost unavoidable. It seems to me, but I could be wrong, but people here like to retort clever replies, not really saying much of value, but there are the gold nuggets, that keep me coming back. To say only one group is guilty of this behavior is a lie of biblical proportions, perhaps you are suffering from confirmational bias syndrome.

For instance, you can imply that I agree with the Palin part of your post, you would be correct that I do .... It is funny, I don't like Palin.

Life sucks, then you die, then you get robbed.

#1 | Posted by dxlingr

Are you talking about the 'death tax'? You know, the tax on money that has already been taxed, just because you died.

"By social convention, and even in debate scoring, Danforth did concede that portion of the post."

Bullshit. Addressing one portion doesn't mean I agree with portions not addressed.

He had to wait that long because there were 100 illegals in line in front of him with colds.

whenever you go tp the ER, have chest pain. then you'll get a bed. breathe erratically. try to sweat profusely.

Obama's fault. No wait, Bush's fault. Er...

If you go to the emergency room with vague symptoms and one of them is difficulty breathing... you will be seen much sooner.
Dizziness and numbness on one side of your body is probably the best. Chest pain works too.
Once you've made it past triage it's not like they're going to send you back to the lobby when all you have is a hangnail. The doctor might be pissed though.

He had to wait that long because there were 100 illegals in line in front of him with colds.
What a great explanation of why we should provide health care to those illegals at normal doctor's offices, and reserve the ER for true emergencies.

you libs are demented, i live in the south go to an emergency room with or without insurance and see how fast you get waited on. the illegal's use it as a primary doctor and don't try the racist crap i am of spanish descent.

the illegal's use it as a primary doctor

What solution do you propose? Should we check immigration status at the ER? You think that will speed things up? Let's say Joe Citizen shows up at the ER, unconscious with no ID, perhaps after losing his wallet in a violent confrontation. Do you refuse treatment until he can establish his identity?

The problem is precisely that illegals and other uninsured have nowhere else to go but the ER. It's a major cost driver, and it lowers the quality of care in the ER.

#31 | Posted by AndreaMackris at 2009-12-05 12:21 PM | Reply | Flag: Under Danny's sheet right now

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