When a Doctor Treats You Bad While Youre Hospitalized Who Do You Go To?
Question by Sookie: When a doctor treats you bad while youre hospitalized who do you go to?
I’m hospitalized right now, I have Crohn’s disease and I just had surgery a little over 2 weeks ago… I went to the hospital because I haven’t been able to keep food down, and I’m still having pretty bad pain in my stomach. Since I’ve had crohns since I was 8, I’m now 22, I know what works for pain, for me it’s 2mg of dilaudid and 50mg of benadryl because all pain meds gets me super itchy. Anyways… The attending isn’t the same doctor from last time I was hospitalized. They ran tests, CT scan, blood tests, etc, and found nothing wrong. So, they automatically felt like I’m addicted to pain meds (even before they found the results the ER nurse was already treating me like a druggie. It has made me feel so uncomfortable… I’m not making things up… I’m in pain and I throw up everything I eat (note: pain meds have never made me feel nauseas or anything and I dont take pain meds at home because I can’t tolerate oral pain meds they are too strong). Today I have been in a lot of pain, and the attending doctor which know nothing of my case except just reading my chart (she’s internal medicine), told me she is cutting off dilaudid, I think GI or colorectal surgery should be the attending physician because they at least know more about me. What can I do for feeling like I’m being mistreated? Is there a way to scare my attending by letting her know I will report her mistreatment to some agency or something?? Is there such an agency or anything?? Please help!!
Best answer:
Answer by Lacy Loo
Ask to talk to the unit nurse manager. They can help.
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