Esmin Green fell out of her chair in the waiting room of Brooklyn’s largest psychiatric hospital nearly an hour before anyone realized she was in trouble. For 20 minutes Esmin writhed and twisted between two chairs under the surveillance of security guards and two other staff members passed through the room and glanced at the 49 year old woman, without bothering to check her vital signs or to see if she’s alright and 40 minutes later she stopped moving, a nurse walked over and kicked her.
The author mentions that “public hospitals across the country have struggled to provide acute psychiatric care to the poor and uninsured since the early 1960’s. And also mentions that with insufficient outpatient services and a dearth of community-based support, the least fortunate of them have ended up in already over taxed emergency rooms. They are the poor, the uninsured and the undocumented; many suffer from chronic conditions that could potentially be treated with medication and regular counseling, luxuries most of them cannot afford." I feel that this passage is significant because I’ve experienced this with patients working as a nurse in a hospital. I agree with the author that with little or no insurance you don’t get good service in public hospitals; instead you spend your whole day in the waiting room before even seeing a doctor.
The author mentions that “public hospitals across the country have struggled to provide acute psychiatric care to the poor and uninsured since the early 1960’s. And also mentions that with insufficient outpatient services and a dearth of community-based support, the least fortunate of them have ended up in already over taxed emergency rooms. They are the poor, the uninsured and the undocumented; many suffer from chronic conditions that could potentially be treated with medication and regular counseling, luxuries most of them cannot afford." I feel that this passage is significant because I’ve experienced this with patients working as a nurse in a hospital. I agree with the author that with little or no insurance you don’t get good service in public hospitals; instead you spend your whole day in the waiting room before even seeing a doctor.
I remember when a patient came in sick to the emergency room and waited to be seen for six hours before he was seen by the doctor and waited another twenty minutes before the doctor actually came in to the waiting room to check him and tell him what was wrong. When that happened I thought to myself that poor man. The hospitals need to provide more care for the patients physically and mentally to better the quality of life for people. If doctors and staff took better care and put in more time in the situation of peoples sickness rather then how their getting paid then a lot of people would at least live longer. But if the patient has no money they will be the last to be cared for.
But if the patient has no money they will be the last to be cared for, In conclusion The hospitals should have more of a solid community base support team and sponsors to donate to the hospitals to help the poor and uninsured patients, to help better hospital services and save lives
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