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Originally Posted by BlackArcher101
While I feel sorry all around for the situation, how exactly will suing help prevent this from happening again and also who was the negligent party here?
I don't like the long wait times either, but in the end I can't complain because when I went through triage I was deemed to be less important than others, and that I'm fine with. I ended up waiting in the ER for 7 hours with both of my arms frozen in position and a tingly feeling in my entire body. Pretty scary at the time, but they recognized the symptoms as non life threatening.
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The negligent party was the hospital itself because they should have a policy implemented that each person or group who walks through the ER door should be greeted and asked what the problem is. It doesn't even have to be paid staff as someone else pointed out..it could be a volunteer. The hospital needs to be held accountable for the death of this man. Suing isn't always for the money but so that a change can be implemented....and that it won't happen again for the same reason.