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Case 11/12/2003 HF

Having a Medical Power of Attorney (MPoA), Power of Attorney, and or Living Will Guarantees nothing! In the  case involving my father, The Paramedics and the hospital were told that my father has a do not resuscitate order (DNR) yet they incubated him and put him on a lifesupport machine. Then came to the family and told us to take him off the machine. We told them that since they put it on, they were to take it off. They said they thought he would have died had thay not took such lifesaving measures. The doctor also proclaimed that when you reach the age of Fifty Years you should not be allowed to live anyway. I was 49 at that time in November 2003. The medications they gave him at the time of incubation would have definitely meant certain death, if the machine was removed immediately. The Doctor maybe in his thirties told the family we should just pull the sheet up and over my father's face and let him die. So I waited 9 days until I (Dad's Medical Power of Attorney MPoA) saw machine was being detrimental to him because he was giving up. He awoke several minutes before the machine was removed. He was transferred to a regular room several hours later. The Doctor Rittenger blocked my moves to have him transferred to another hospital, and was threatening because I wanted to. He also said don't feed him nor give him food and force him to die. He only released him to hospice and his home. Hospice came and said he was not a patient for hospice, and then we were left to attempt to get help. Thanks to Thomas Memorial Hospital homebound care we gave it a good effort, but we were all limited because this Dr. Rittenger convinced dad's other doctors to back off, and because dad didn't want to go back to the hospital, and his doctor's didn't want him to come to their office by medical transport, we couldn't get any medications that he needed and had to resort to over the counter medications to help him survive. He had a Heart attack in the 37th day and died in less than 5 minutes.   

01302006 HF

This is a case of neglect by both a county ambulance team and a local hospital in Teays Valley. My father died 36 days later from causes related to this transport and the hospital response. I'm his Medical Power of Attorney and was at the residence at the time of medical transport, and issued his requests by Living Will and Medical Power of Attorney. Stated requests were ignored. The Ambulance Team were directed what they were not to do, such as non resuscitation, not to ventilate. He was very calm, and to attempt to perform such would hyperventilate him. They were also directed what hospital to take him to. They ignored both requests. They also performed procedures deemed unecessary by a Registered nurse whom rode with patient. My mother made the call from his home for medical transport, I followed up with a second call from their home, and was there during the events. At the hospital We were excluded from the hospital ER, though Hospital Staff knew I was power of Attorney. After some thought, and my indignation at their attitudes, was allowed access twice to the ER. I would go to report to my mother and sister, and would be kept out of ER.  Doctors  changed 4 times in 4 hours, with each doctor negating responsibility, until dad was placed in ICU. Then a Doctor at 12:30 am nov. 13, 2003 commanded that I bring my sister and mother to the hospital. The Doctor and a ICU nurse and other staff spent 7 Hours trying to convince us to remove a ventilator unit that the hospital placed him on without permission. The first Doctor to negate responsibility was a Hospital Administrator. The doctor to take responsibility, was threatening, and blocked our attempts to have my father transported to another hospital..