My wife was involved in an accident today and had head trauma after hitting her head into the windshield of our car. I can honestly say I have no idea how she had no visual evidence. She broke the upper part just left ofthe sun-visor of the windshield being the strongest part of the glass. A person of course never stopped at the stop sign as they all do around here. We went to this hospital since it is close to our home and of course being that our car is not drivable by any means. My wife has medical insurance being ARS Palic Salud. this hospital stated that her insurance company was closed and only would do service that they knew was covered. I knew my wife needed an MRI or at the very least a CT scan, but they only would provide an X-Ray!!! an X-Ray!!! of her head. Since when does any medical provider do an X-ray of a head?? to determine any soft tissue damage? I told mywife toask for the person in charge of this Hospital, only to get a person that had a major attitude issue [he was the person in charge] as well as not giving a damn about our situation. I was talking to my wife because she was translating to me and after this person realized that I was an American, told my wife to pay cash and they will do the MRI. I would like to know what rights do we have here if any with these hospitals.
After trying to get help and nothing being done for more than 1 hour, we decided to try another hospital, we went inside, told them that the doctor we saw said that my wife needs an MRI, and they told us that they do not have such equipment. We then had to go to another hospital being CMR and they told us that the tech that does the MRI'S has left for the nite. It was only 9:30 by this time. They also suggested doing a head X-Ray and by this time, decided to have it done. Nothing came back as we both knew since there was no visual damage, but my wife still feels pressure in her head and also feels dizzy. I really don't understand what these hospitals are here for when they cannot provide the proper medical needs of their patients. i know in the states that the hospital by law, will provide any service to you and ask for payment later. Here, they only care about the money first!,and they do not have the necessary equipment and if they do, there is nobody there to operate it. Can anyone tell me if there is something that we can do about this? Is there a medical law in place about human rights or some kind of medical facility that makes the hospital to follow a certain protocol?
Also, what can be done about the person that hit my wife? I have never seen anything like this ever, and my wife has told me that they only exchange personal info upon having an accident because the police never come to make a report. So now I'm sure that the woman who hit my wife will only lie to her insurance company stating that my wife hit her since there is no police report. I can only thank God my son was not in the car by this time, because that's where she was headed, to pick him up from school. I am at a total loss at my thoughts right now. Is there any justice in this country? or does everyone just do whatever they feel like? I hope that somebody can really help us if there is anything that can be done. I would like to do something about all of this, so it will help others from going through what we have. I still have no idea if my wife is going to be okay, and I been keeping her awake just to monitor her through the night. You would think that the hospital would of wanted, or should have done this, but is was like, huh, next patient!
Sorry if I come off kinda strong here, but just think if this was your wife, your daughter, your grandmother, or even yourself. thanks so much for any direction on these 2 issues. I love the people here, you all been so helpful in the past, so please help us if you can. Anthony
After trying to get help and nothing being done for more than 1 hour, we decided to try another hospital, we went inside, told them that the doctor we saw said that my wife needs an MRI, and they told us that they do not have such equipment. We then had to go to another hospital being CMR and they told us that the tech that does the MRI'S has left for the nite. It was only 9:30 by this time. They also suggested doing a head X-Ray and by this time, decided to have it done. Nothing came back as we both knew since there was no visual damage, but my wife still feels pressure in her head and also feels dizzy. I really don't understand what these hospitals are here for when they cannot provide the proper medical needs of their patients. i know in the states that the hospital by law, will provide any service to you and ask for payment later. Here, they only care about the money first!,and they do not have the necessary equipment and if they do, there is nobody there to operate it. Can anyone tell me if there is something that we can do about this? Is there a medical law in place about human rights or some kind of medical facility that makes the hospital to follow a certain protocol?
Also, what can be done about the person that hit my wife? I have never seen anything like this ever, and my wife has told me that they only exchange personal info upon having an accident because the police never come to make a report. So now I'm sure that the woman who hit my wife will only lie to her insurance company stating that my wife hit her since there is no police report. I can only thank God my son was not in the car by this time, because that's where she was headed, to pick him up from school. I am at a total loss at my thoughts right now. Is there any justice in this country? or does everyone just do whatever they feel like? I hope that somebody can really help us if there is anything that can be done. I would like to do something about all of this, so it will help others from going through what we have. I still have no idea if my wife is going to be okay, and I been keeping her awake just to monitor her through the night. You would think that the hospital would of wanted, or should have done this, but is was like, huh, next patient!
Sorry if I come off kinda strong here, but just think if this was your wife, your daughter, your grandmother, or even yourself. thanks so much for any direction on these 2 issues. I love the people here, you all been so helpful in the past, so please help us if you can. Anthony