Comments by jwnks
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Posted on April 25 at 9:48 p.m.
I agree there is a lot of room for improvement at Newmans! Last week, my 17 month old granddaughter was taken to the ER because she had a flu bug and had become dehydrated. The ER doc had fluids administered through an IV. After a couple hours, she was sent home. A few hours later, her momma took her back because she was still dehydrated, still no wet diaper. This time, they decided to admit her and start an IV again. Several attempts were made to get an IV in the poor terrified child, to no avail. The attending physician made the call to send her to Stormont Vail in Topeka, where they were able to get an IV in her with their first attempt. At Stormont Vail, we were told they get a lot of patients from Emporia who simply need IVs started. They also commented that the poor child looked like she had been turned into a pin cushion. That sweet little girl went through a lot of trauma and terror that day. She had bruises from head to toe from the attempts to get an IV started. She is fine now, back to her sweet, honery, curious 17 month old self, thanks to the staff at Stormont Vail in Topeka and the attending physician here who had the wisdom to have her sent out.
Posted on September 25 at 10:14 p.m.
How long will it take for medical personnel to pull my near lifeless body out of the mangled wreckage of my vehicle after I hit one of those cows on the highway? Will the person responsible for letting the cow loose be charged and sentenced to prison for my death? Is that person one bit better than the people Mrs. Hancock is trying to help? No! This is a classic example of lynch mob mentality. Ignorance breeds fear and hatred! God bless you Mrs. Hancock. I applaud your efforts. I will pray for the people causing you problems. I will pray that none of their loved ones or neighbors hits one of those cows.
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Posted on April 26 at 8:23 a.m.
scion, I'm glad your little girl started drinking and keeping down Gatorade and got better. Solder, I'm glad your little nephew got better too. Children are precious! We have decided that if we ever encounter this situation again, we will skip the middle men at Newmans and go straight to Topeka. When the ambulance personnel arrived to transport my granddaughter, one of them asked why they were transporting her, to which the nurse replied that she needed an IV started. The paramedic looked at us with disbelief and said, "That's all!" He then informed my daughter that her insurance probably wouldn't cover the cost of the ambulance. Well, what was my daughter supposed to do, say, oh...well.....never mind, we will just leave her here and let her die from dehydration! We had no choice! We weren't given the option of taking the baby to Topeka ourselves, and at this point we were all worn to a frazzle. I do have to say that the nurses who were attending my granddaughter, trying to start the IV, were all real nice. I know they felt really bad about what was going on. I think they need more training on starting an IV on a dehydrated child. At Stormont Vail, they have something I think they called a Papoose Board which they put the child in to start the IV. Why can't Newmans get one and train their personnel to start IVs in small dehydrated children.
As for Dr. Barnett having a home in the KC area, I'm not sure what that has to do with the rain in Spain. I'm glad he had the nerve to speak out about Newman Hospital. Hopefully, his criticism will lead to improvements.
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