No one told me I have hep C

[AllieyKat]

Jurisdiction

New Jersey

I went to the hospital in Howell New Jersey at a hospital called Kimball Medical Center. At the time I was suicidal and I was under suicide watch telling them I was going to hang myself. As I have emotional problems. They took all my bedsheets away like they should and did nothing different didn't check on me every 15 minutes like they're supposed to they did not feed me unless meals were brought when I told them I was starving and I was on the streets and simply based on the fact that I was on the streets they threw me out of the hospital. They must have assumed I was looking for a place to live when I was out of my medication which one of them you can die if you don't have from seizures. I told them I had no way of getting to my doctor's appointment no way of getting to an intensive outpatient program that they signed me up for. They didn't care. They give me discharge paperwork it says active depression resolved hepatitis C with non hepatic coma. I talk to my psychiatrist couple weeks later and apparently that means I have Hepatitis C I have had blood tests I have been specifically tested for hepatitis C in the past I've been hospitalized since I have been clean for two years. So for no one to tell me that I had hepatitis C or for even the hospital tonight even mention it is absolutely appalling I tried calling the news because I feel like I should have been in the hospital I didn't even know what day of the week it was or what month because I had been raped two weeks before but it still felt like that same week. Can someone explain to me how this is legal. I told them I didn't even know what day of the week what month it still felt like the same week is when I got raped and it's an open investigation they didn't care they thought that I was just looking for a place to sleep. If that is not malpractice I do not know what is. Isn't it illegal discharge someone from the hospital without an address? And isn't it illegal to dischargeto discharge someone from the hospital that doesn't know what's going on?

 

[Disabled Vet]

No.... Once you are treated for whatever they find. You can be released. Look at this on the flip side. The person that states, I was treated for this or that. Then the hospital refused to let me leave. I wish you blessing that you get your life on the right track.

 

[AllieyKat]

I was homeless for about 2 weeks this nice woman told me to come to "her" home out of county. I had her take pictures of the place to make sure that it was real and to make sure I wasn't being set up. She told me that they had been looking for a roommate I made an arrangement with the owner of the house I gave him $60 for two weeks and $80 for food. I was only there a week. He even asked if I needed him to buy me anything like underwear or leggings or anything. Then this man stole a $10 roll of quarters. He went through my purse and stole approximately $160 cash. He purposefully kept things after he told his roommate to get me out of the house when I had done nothing wrong I was very respectful the entire time I did housework. She told me she saw him coming out of the bedroom on Saturday 2/17/18 and she told me she saw him destroying my Uggs and jackets and anything that was mine and broke two expensive tobacco pipes I am prescribed medical marijuana. He purposefully destroyed over $500 in property ntm stealing. By 2/22/18. He had us on camera all day at all times and was listening in. He said something like this isn't a weed house when I'm prescribed marijuana I I am allowed to smoke it. I told him if he didn't like it I would take it elsewhere but he smokes it without a license it was just an excuse. Apparently the woman told me everyone she makes a friend this happens and he's done this to 3 other girls and he specifically told me to hide my valuables. That night things went missing. By 2/22/18 and I was out. I contacted the lady that I was staying with a nest if she had seen any particular items I had already known that he had stole marijuana from me that was my prescription I already had known that he took money after I gave him money for rent. He kept my tent. He kept $100 pair of Uggs and destroyed them. He kept this $50 denim jacket that's sentimental that I put a lot of effort in making that will never be replaceable. Along with another expensive jacket that I also had put a lot of work and effort into. There was also three or four coats. A few shirts and sweatshirts. Not to mention the 60 and 80 I never got back and the $160 cash he stole oro it my purse I have an empty $10 roll of quarters in my purse he went through my things when I wasn't there on Saturday the 17th and his roommate told me she saw him go in the room. As we were sharing one and he never went in there. I have proof that he destroyed my stuff in text messages she told me he destroyed my things Uggs jackets smashed my pipes Etc. What do I do??

 

[army judge]

What do I do??

You can report the alleged theft to the police or sheriff.

You could sue the alleged thief in small claims court, but that's usually a waste of more money and time chasing your losses.

A thief is usually a deadbeat, and the one you described fits that mind picture perfectly.

You place your life and property at risk whenever you enter into a room rental.

Your best bet is get your own apartment, or efficiency in your name alone.

If you continue to rent rooms, you could end up being robbed again, sexually assaulted, or even killed.

I wish you well.

 

[army judge]

Isn't it illegal discharge someone from the hospital without an address?

A hospital is not a boarding house or hotel.

Once a person's medical issues have been remediated, the hospital's obligation has been discharged, thus the patient must be discharged, too.

And isn't it illegal to discharge someone from the hospital that doesn't know what's going on?

It may not be illegal to discharge a person in the state you suggest, but it would be malpractice, which is why no hospital would risk its license by committing such a heinous, careless act.

 

[mightymoose]

This is not malpractice.
The rules of releasing a patient have more to do with hospital policy than law.

As for the hep C, it isn't clear when that test was done, but I'd presume you were not notified of the results because by the time the test was done you could not be located or contacted since you are transient. The next time you came back it was already on your record... Perhaps they thought you already knew. Miscommunication is not illegal.

I don't see that you have anything worth pursuing over this.

 

[AllieyKat]

You can report the alleged theft to the police or sheriff.

You could sue the alleged thief in small claims court, but that's usually a waste of more money and time chasing your losses.

A thief is usually a deadbeat, and the one you described fits that mind picture perfectly.

You place your life and property at risk whenever you enter into a room rental.

Your best bet is get your own apartment, or efficiency in your name alone.

If you continue to rent rooms, you could end up being robbed again, sexually assaulted, or even killed.

I wish you well.

 

[AllieyKat]

You can report the alleged theft to the police or sheriff.

You could sue the alleged thief in small claims court, but that's usually a waste of more money and time chasing your losses.

A thief is usually a deadbeat, and the one you described fits that mind picture perfectly.

You place your life and property at risk whenever you enter into a room rental.

Your best bet is get your own apartment, or efficiency in your name alone.

If you continue to rent rooms, you could end up being robbed again, sexually assaulted, or even killed.

I wish you well.

I'm homeless and I can't get back to New year Jersey until April I called the police in NJ they told me to call the police here and make a report at the police here told me they can't so I have to somehow try to get back to New Jersey and make a report I have evidence of this woman saying he destroyed my things.

 

[AllieyKat]

I'm homeless and I can't get back to New year Jersey until April I called the police in NJ they told me to call the police here and make a report at the police here told me they can't so I have to somehow try to get back to New Jersey and make a report I have evidence of this woman saying he destroyed my things.

Ntm 100$ pair of Verizon headphones

 

[AllieyKat]

This is not malpractice.
The rules of releasing a patient have more to do with hospital policy than law.

As for the hep C, it isn't clear when that test was done, but I'd presume you were not notified of the results because by the time the test was done you could not be located or contacted since you are transient. The next time you came back it was already on your record... Perhaps they thought you already knew. Miscommunication is not illegal.

I don't see that you have anything worth pursuing over this.

I've only been homeless for the past two weeks I've had a place to live my entire life so they could get ahold of me not to mention I've had a phone that's been on my entire life with same number. I'm not a transient there's an open investigation because I was kidnapped and raped that's how I became homeless. But I love how people jump to conclusions I've been clean for over 2 years. Most people would have went back to using ending up on the streets. And the medical situation was not resolved because I did not have a way to get my medication in which if I didn't get I could die I told them I was out of my medication Klonopin 2mg 4x daily. I was completely out of that and Suboxone and my mood stabilizer topamax. Every other time I went to be evaluated under the circumstances I was put in the hospital the only reason I wasn't was because I was homeless.

This is not malpractice.
The rules of releasing a patient have more to do with hospital policy than law.

As for the hep C, it isn't clear when that test was done, but I'd presume you were not notified of the results because by the time the test was done you could not be located or contacted since you are transient. The next time you came back it was already on your record... Perhaps they thought you already knew. Miscommunication is not illegal.

I don't see that you have anything worth pursuing over this.

 

[AllieyKat]

This is not malpractice.
The rules of releasing a patient have more to do with hospital policy than law.

As for the hep C, it isn't clear when that test was done, but I'd presume you were not notified of the results because by the time the test was done you could not be located or contacted since you are transient. The next time you came back it was already on your record... Perhaps they thought you already knew. Miscommunication is not illegal.

I don't see that you have anything worth pursuing over this.

It's not about pursuing I understand that you're looking at this from a Legal Objective but I'm not looking to be compensated I'm just trying to figure out if what they did was right or wrong.

 

[army judge]

I'm homeless and I can't get back to New year Jersey until April I called the police in NJ they told me to call the police here and make a report at the police here told me they can't so I have to somehow try to get back to New Jersey and make a report I have evidence of this woman saying he destroyed my things.

Some police agencies allow people to file some reports online.

Filing a police report will only cause the perpetrator to be arrested and prosecuted, if the police investigation substantiates the allegation.

As it stands today, if the police agency involved requires you to return to NJ to file the charges, you'll have to wait until you are able to return to the location where the crime was alleged to have occurred.

 

[cbg]

"Right" and "wrong" are subjective. If you're not looking for legal recourse or compensation then the opinion of strangers on a message board are of no consequence.

 

[AllieyKat]

Well your opinions shouldn't should be objective and you should ask for more information instead of being ignorant and assuming things. For example calling me a transient and assuming that no one could get a hold of me. You may have a law degree but I can debate anyone into circles and pick their words apart. My teachers wanted me to be a lawyer myself it just didn't turn out like that for me. But go ahead keep looking down on others. Assume I'm a transient looking for a boarding house in a hospital and the reason I haven't been told I have Hep C is because again I'm a transient who no one can get a hold of. How insensitive and ignorant to assume you know everything. Ask if you want to understand better. Didn't you learn in college that asking questions is the best way to learn things? And your brain is like a sponge until you get Dementia or Alzheimer's so you might as well keep learning instead of acting like you know everything.

 

[cbg]

Look closely at who is posting what, sweetheart. I didn't call you anything.

 

[adjusterjack]

Rather that getting involved in the above argument let's see if I can provide some helpful information.

If I am reading your posts correctly, at some time in the past some medical provider failed to reveal to you that you had Hep C. There could be a lot of reasons for that failure but you'll need to address that with that provider.

Meantime, I suggest you contact the State Board of Medical Examiners and find out what a medical provider's statutory obligation (If any) is to advise patients that they have Hep C.

NJ Division of Consumer Affairs - State Board of Medical Examiners

If there is such a statutory obligation, you are free to file a complaint against that provider. If there is no such statutory obligation, then there isn't going to be anything you can do about so let's move on to today.

I found a New Jersey Resource Guide that lists free and low cost resources that you might be able to avail yourself of.

http://www.state.nj.us/health/cd/documents/hepatitis_resource_guide.pdf

Oh, and one suggestion for the future. Any time you obtain medical services from anybody or any place, go back to that place a week or two later and get copies of whatever medical records have been generated (office notes, test results, etc) and build your own file on your personal medical history.

 

[army judge]

Time to end this....

Thanks for the many helpful posts.


Can my parents throw me out in NJ if I refuse to take mood stabilizer as a disabled adult?