Tent fires

[yesican]

A few months back the subject of tent fires came up and I had mentioned where a man had perished in one here at Soldotna park two years ago.&nbsp; Someone tried googling it and came up with nothing so I tried as well and found nothing.&nbsp; Well, after feeling like an idiot, I thought perhaps I dreamt it; but, prior to my excursion to the Denali Hwy, I had to have my windshield repaired.&nbsp; There's this "homeless" guy who stands in the Fred Meyers entrance with a sign for windshield chip repair so I stopped to have him fix mine.&nbsp; HE is the guy who had the tent fire.&nbsp; Though he didn't perish in the fire he was severely burned and showed me the scars.&nbsp; He said he's been living in a tent here on the Peninsula (it got 30 below this winter) for the past 10 years.&nbsp; He lost everything in the fire so went to his 2nd spot near homer which had been robbed.&nbsp;He&nbsp;had also been robbed of his origianl chip repair kit this spring.&nbsp; The communites here in Soldotna and Homer heard of his plight and&nbsp;collected enough money to replace&nbsp;his dwelling and his kit.&nbsp; He lives somewhere in the woods in town, but&nbsp;he tells me that he can tell no one, otherwise he may be kicked out.&nbsp;<br />&nbsp; I&nbsp;felt the need to clear&nbsp;this up since I miss spoke earlier.&nbsp; Apparently talk of his demise was a town rumor.&nbsp; He&nbsp;did say&nbsp;they kicked him out of the hospital after 3 days which greatly surprised me given the horrid scars and being homeless with no way to care for them and prevent infection.&nbsp; Gives me little faith in the hospital here.<br />Rae<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;<br />&nbsp;

 

[SoulRaven]

Hospitals and Doctors are major players in the Matrix... There is only one thing motivating them and it is not your well being, its your money... The Matrix just sucks...

 

[gypsydreamer]

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[yesican]

Gypsydreamer, you can rant all you want, I saw his scars.&nbsp; Did the hosptial kick him out or did he leave AMA, that I do not know.&nbsp; He is psychologically off and an alcoholic so going against medical advice is a high probability.&nbsp; <br /><br />However, when my 2nd child died inutero at 16 weeks and I went into hypovolemic shock from loss of blood and had an emergency D&amp;C at 10pm, they sent me home the next morning before noon still unable to walk from lack of strength.&nbsp; I had no insurance at the time.&nbsp; They knew they were unable to&nbsp;collect the cost of the ER&nbsp;and surgery&nbsp;and wanted to not create further expense which I was unable to pay.&nbsp;&nbsp;I don't think a hospital does everything perfect and most of the time they are very professional when one has insurance, medicare, medicaid, etc.&nbsp; But, when one has none, its a different story.<br /><br />Rae&nbsp;

 

[gypsydreamer]

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[yesican]

Thank you Gypsydreamer.&nbsp; Gandhi was a wise man and more need to follow his understanding.&nbsp; <br /><br />At the time when I lost my child, I was naive, scared, weak, and busy going back to college and raising my daughter.&nbsp;&nbsp; Standing up for others was always easy for me, standing up for myself has been a different story.&nbsp; I felt guilty not being able to pay and never realized what they did was wrong.&nbsp; Life has gone on and I'm hoping the effects of that loss only made me a better person for those whose lives I touch.&nbsp; There have been other tragedies in my life that were life changing as well.&nbsp; Working as a home health and hospice nurse for the past seven years has spent me even though its been a labor of love.&nbsp; I'm ready for the vandwelling life.&nbsp; The people on here are my mentors.<br /><br />Rae

 

[offroad]

Hospitals have for regulatory bodies:

1) Local and state hospital laws
2) Federal laws (like FDA)
3) The Joint Commiision (regulatory body - but voluntary)
4) Specific doctors, nurses, med techs professional accreditation and licenses

VA Hospitals have in addition
5) OIG - office inspector general
6) Congressional requests - must be answered
7) OSHA, NFPA, etc regulatory agencies that can enforce laws
8) EPA to enforce polution laws
9) Freedom of Information act - balanced against HIPPAA Patient privacy act.

 

[Guest]

<span id="post_message_1274795132">Life has gone on and I'm hoping the effects of that loss only made me a better person for those whose lives I touch.&nbsp; There have been other tragedies in my life that were life changing as well.</span>

<br /><br />So awesome you women have the souls to be nurses...I think that of Katie too...even though she is a retired nurse.<br /><br />You make such a difference to those of us who need you...<br /><br />bri

 

[fluffabear]

Gypsy - thanks for that. I wasn't a human nurse, but a nurses none-the-less.

 

[ParadiseParrot]

Gypsy thx for your kind care of those in need. <br />IF 3/4 of the patient were unfunded then the system is broken.<br />Vote appropiately. We will either figure out how to fix it like the rest of the free world or go to rationed care and&nbsp;euthanasia.<br />You the people must decide which.

 

[gypsydreamer]

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