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James Woods Sues Kent Hospital Over Brother's Death
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Tuesday, Dec 1 at 7:41 PM laura wrote ...
Also Kent Hospital almost killed my mom when i was nine because of an over four hour er wait while her appendix burst inside of her. The only reason she was saved was because our PCP came to the hospital and forced them to take care of her.
32931984Tuesday, Dec 1 at 7:40 PM laura wrote ...
James Woods isn't a jerk. He came into my friend's work (domino's) a couple months ago and never said who he was. My friend asked if he was James Woods and he said yes then autographed a pizza box for my her(for my mom, who frickin loves him). Then they gave him the wrong pizza but he never complained or even called back about it.
32931939Tuesday, Nov 17 at 4:31 PM Michele F. wrote ...
I have had nothing but positive experiences at Kent Hospital. I've had 4 outpatient procedures there and even gave birth to my daughter there. The care that I received was phenominal and the nurses are all wonderful! I will deliver my second child there as well. All hospitals have both good and bad things that happen.
32254706Tuesday, Nov 10 at 7:27 PM wowcan'tbelieveallthis wrote ...
I am saddened to hear of the bad experiences, there are always horror stories from every institution. It is my understanding that Mr Wood's brother didn't present with typical MI symptoms. My father passed away many years ago after presenting with jaw pain. This was in the years before jaw pain was a recognized symptom. As for the providers that are using this forum as your venting board, you should be ashamed. If you work at a HCF, be proud to be, if not you should look elsewhere.
31911434Tuesday, Nov 10 at 9:24 AM Mike K wrote ...
At least they operate on the correct side - How many (5) times does the "wonderful" RI Hospital do the wrong side?
31877166Monday, Nov 9 at 6:59 PM charletta perri providence wrote ...
i worked at kent and i can say 4 a fact it stinks.the nurses sits at the desk giving orders and gossip all day,the cna takes all the vitals,and does all the hands on care and does all the paperwork on the patients they took care of.they even have a medtech to give out the meds,those nurses that took such great care of u ,were cnas and beleive this u have some horrible cnas that take their time to answer a call bell or to make sure they have water.kent is a joke you get second rate care there.
31855661Monday, Nov 9 at 1:50 PM Renee wrote ...
Anyone know the name of his lawyer, also have a case he may be interested in!
31837309Sunday, Nov 8 at 4:05 PM Josh Paradis wrote ...
Mmmmm... piece of lawsuit!!!!
31794746Sunday, Nov 8 at 2:48 PM emily wrote ...
to the person who said james woods is a jerk ,your wrong he is not a jerk kent hospital is HORRIBLE for every good story there are 50 really bad ones they have doctors doing surical procedures that are actually leagally blind you have no idea what your talking about i am not going to go into detail but trust i know alot of things about that place that would make you sick and by the way maybe your the jerk
31791636Sunday, Nov 8 at 1:05 PM MD wrote ...
My family and I have had great experinces at Kent from births, a stillbirth this summer, diabetic complications and a poisoning. It is a sad thing what happen but playing the blame game is not going to make anything better
31787991Sunday, Nov 8 at 12:23 PM Darlene wrote ...
Also Ned, count all the other people who made coments that feel like I do, then count the ones feel like you............
31786544Sunday, Nov 8 at 12:18 PM Darlene wrote ...
Hello Ned, I did not make that call, kent did after the two and a half hour wait. they decied to call for a rescrue to take him to R.I.. They could not handle his situation. When he was home his family told me he was sick with flu like symtoms,and head ache. we are not a Doctor nor to make such a call. I think you are a heartless person. you did not see your brother's life taken away like i did. put on all kinds of life suport..You are 100% wrong. I still dont like Kent..
31786346Sunday, Nov 8 at 2:53 AM tazmary wrote ...
We all hear the bad thing about Kent. My personal experience is that they saved my life from an accidental drug overdose which caused kidney failure, heart attacks, and numerous other important failures. If not for the fast-acting ER doctors, I would not be alive today and for that I am most thankful!
31774341Saturday, Nov 7 at 9:53 PM Gump Patrol wrote ...
I'm new to this area, but if Kent is so bad, why do most people have to wait 2 hrs. just to be seen? Thanks.
31765981Saturday, Nov 7 at 9:40 PM Joe Anderson wrote ...
Anyone whose ever had the misfortune of meeting James Woods knows that he's a jerk & throws around his quasi-celebrityism to get his way.He belittles people from car rental agencies, restaurants all the way to Best Buy installers telling him he has to pay for a special wire. He's probably upset that they didn't give him free treatment for something when he did his usual "Do you know who I am?" or "you are doing this because I am famous and you want more money out of me" routine. GO AWAY!
31765589Saturday, Nov 7 at 8:29 PM anonymous, warwick RI wrote ...
I live in Warwick. My father (in his 80's, since deceased) was taken into the Kent emergency room for for back pain, and given an overdose of Dilaudid. He should have been released the same day, but because of the overdose he was in for a week. I refused to pay the insurance copay. I told them why, and they apparently agreed with me as I never received another bill or notice. The side effects of the overdose include seeing "things" crawl up the wall. Miriam was his favorite hospital...
31763336Saturday, Nov 7 at 7:11 PM Mike wrote ...
5 Years ago, this month, I went to Kent ER with Pneumonia. They told me they had to drain my lung. I said OK. I was to be in for a week. I ended up in there for 6 weeks, 3 weeks in a coma and lost 1/3 of my right lung. They tried to send me home with a bedsore the size of my in me hand. They also managed to tear a rotator cuff in my left shoulder. I almost died. They even told my family I was going to. KENT IS A ZOO
31760946Saturday, Nov 7 at 6:08 PM rsps9978@aol.com wrote ...
When someone is having serious situations such as a heart attack, they are put to the forefront and I know this for a fact. I have been there for 34 1/2 years. I know losing a loved one is tough but it is not from neglience. Life is fragile.
31759289Saturday, Nov 7 at 5:55 PM rsps9978@aol.com wrote ...
These comments are so wrong.
31758826Saturday, Nov 7 at 5:12 PM good for james wrote ...
i, too, received poor care from kent. was in a car accident and they let me leave with a broken bone!!! how do you miss something like that?
31757409Saturday, Nov 7 at 5:11 PM Janette wrote ...
Does Woods need money?? His brother was very overweight and not physically fit. A great guy though!!! His pain had subsided by the time he went to the hospital and all the proper tests were done and he was clear.
31757381Saturday, Nov 7 at 4:57 PM tammy wrote ...
please note: that in cases where 911 is called in a emergency situation. the patient has to be taken to the nearest hospital if the patient is unstable in a medical condition as per RI state pre hospital protocols.exceptions may include Trauma pts. therefore the pt doesnt always have the choice 2 drive by..& go to another hospital.
31756916Saturday, Nov 7 at 4:40 PM Jmather pvd wrote ...
Some of you people have multiple family incidents at Kent. If it's so bad there than why the heck does your family keep going? Most doctor's and nurses are in the practice from there heart. It is their calling. Give them a friggin break. They are doing the best they can.
31756386Saturday, Nov 7 at 4:04 PM Geoff wrote ...
We delivered 4 healthy children at S County, had our 18 month old hospitalized in Hasbro for 5 weeks (life saving care) which was correctly diagnosed at S County Hospital. The doctors were professional /caring for our family. While everyone has different experiences, we don't have all the facts nor the underlying medical conditions that these others had. The doctors are human too! We can’t blame them for everything.
31755401Saturday, Nov 7 at 3:53 PM Kim wrote ...
It is our responsibility to seek preventative care and the only people who do are generally the insured. The uninsured tend to wait til the damage is already done. We need to all have insurance, share the risk, and the premiums will go down. We live in the fantasy world where "we just take a pill" instead of eating right and exercising and then blame the doctors for our health. Wake up!! They are human too and cannot fix and/or cure everything. We don't have all the facts!
31755044Saturday, Nov 7 at 3:52 PM an unhappy veteran wrote ...
I have been misdiagnosed and therefore not properly treated by the VA Hospital for a long time. Don't think that non-profit government health care is the answer either!
31755009Saturday, Nov 7 at 2:58 PM rhiannon Collins wrote ...
If i had the money to afford a lawyer I myself would have sued Kent hospital for the negligent hospital care my husband recieved in 2005. My husband had a septic gall bladder , and because he had no insurance they refuced to treat or due surgery on him, we left and I then took him to South County hospital , where he went in too imediate surgery. The doctors said his gall bladder was so bad he would have been dead within a day or 2. NEVER GO TO KENT
31753236Saturday, Nov 7 at 2:40 PM Dave wrote ...
I knew a guy that got sent home with a broken ankle and a young girl got sent home with gas pains & died of appendicitus. My sister in law was having surgery so the anesthesiologist came over and lifted up her shirt to get a look at her breasts. He pulled her shirt down real quick when someone enetered the room.
31752436Saturday, Nov 7 at 2:22 PM thornnnn wrote ...
As long as health care is a for profit enterprise, health care will be a sham and national disgrace in this country. The objective is profit.. not health. There is so much wrong with this, which the rest of the world seems to realize. Only thing as sick as our national health care.. is our corrupt politicians that cause and tolerate this. The goal here should be health not profit.
31751811Saturday, Nov 7 at 1:22 PM leigh from coventry wrote ...
i agree with james woods both my parents died at kent from the hands of those doctors,when they brought my dad in to the back room,he was clearly coulnt breath,i had to tell them to give him a breathing tube and all the doc said to us is we will get to it until i started screaming,he died 3 days later,he would have probably been brain dead anyhow from lack of oxygen,my mom had a pulse when she walked through the door,we gor there shortly after and she was gone,i hav a panic attack when family go
31749236Saturday, Nov 7 at 12:39 PM Beth wrote ...
My son has muscular dystrophy and he would not be alive today if Kent hadn't saved him. He had respiratory failure and phnemonia. He was seen by his pediatritian earlier that day and said the he was fine. Later that night he was having trouble breathing, so I was getting ready to get him loaded in the van and he passed out. He was taken to Kent to stabilize him and then sent him to Hasbro due to his condition. Anything can happen to anyone at any hospital. It is very sad, but it happens.
31747374Saturday, Nov 7 at 12:33 PM ned wrote ...
come on--every hospital has its issues. People die. darlene-when someone has stroke symptoms you don't drive them to the hospital--you call the rescue. you are then not put into the stream of the normal ER care. I'm not saying he deserved it but every minute counts. Sorry-not Kents fault. YOU diagnosed the stroke so they were supposed to believe you? You don't think every hospital in the country has negative stories just like all these?
31747184Saturday, Nov 7 at 12:25 PM Anonymous wrote ...
So sad that so many of us have had bad experiences at Kent Hospital. Brought my husband in a few years ago with possible Meningitis. Had seen primary Dr. earlier in the day, waiting for results of lab work. Dr. at Kent refused to test for Meningits for 7 hours. Had it been bacterial, he could have died. Eventually agreed to do Spinal and he did indeed have Viral Meningitis. He REFUSED to listen to us as patients. Who would go into an ER and request a spinal tap unless they were very ill?
31746854Saturday, Nov 7 at 12:08 PM a nurse wrote ...
i use to bad mouth kent... maybe i was lucky because i am a nurse, but the care impressed me. nursing is to busy these days due to documenting because of law suits. patient care is not stressed like back in my day. nurses are stressed, underpaid and don't forget we have families too. God chooses when it is time to go home and all the meds and equipment we use will not keep God from taking you home. i am sorry for your loss
31746241Saturday, Nov 7 at 11:52 AM Marion wrote ...
A few years back I had spray painted my stove with an epoxy paint and almost killed myself, was taken to Fatima, while in intensive care the woman from the business office came in and told me they had no programs for me and when I get out call to make arrangements to pay...Years later I had gone to Kent for foot surgery I was treated like royalty from the housekeeping on up, people die every day and I believe that your destiny is written when you are born oh y'all should check out spell check
31745696Saturday, Nov 7 at 11:52 AM DEBBIE Blackmar Warwick wrote ...
I wish I knew the attorney representing James Woods; I could give him an earful on Kent County Hospital. My DaD was there around the same time his brother was. I have a page and a half, on a legal sized pad, of unsanitary / unsafe conditions, neglect, misinformation, etc. Something has to be done to recectify the dispicable and deplorable conditions in that Hospital.
31745689Saturday, Nov 7 at 10:57 AM Darlene Alves Johnston RI wrote ...
Back in 2006 my brother had not been feeling so good all symptoms of a stroke, he was driven there by his wife and children, they let him sit in the waiting room from 1pm to 3:54. During this time not being seen he got worse. By that time they realized it was bad. They called the rescue and was taken to R.I. I got a call to go to R.I. He died one month latter. A stroke at the stem of his brain . I could go on , but Kent is not my choice and neavr will be, He was only 54 and loved life..
31743896Saturday, Nov 7 at 10:47 AM Big Joe D wrote ...
Kim, that's a disgrace to say that it's on us to get others to buy health insurance if we want better care. Like it or not Dr's and Nurses ARE very well paid right now. While I might not agree with mandatory OT for call outs and such don't pretend they do it Pro-bono either.
31743494Saturday, Nov 7 at 10:24 AM louise duckworth, nk wrote ...
I do agree with the statements about Kent. But have had nothing but the best of care at South. I had triple bypass surgery and got wonderful care at South while waiting for a bed to open up at RI.
31742714Saturday, Nov 7 at 10:16 AM Gerri wrote ...
My brother had a heart attack a week ago Tuesday, and I was thankful he didn't go to Kent. He's at RI where he got the best medical care, the progress he made in a week there is amazing. I personally know nurses at Kent who are wonderful, and who I would trust with my life. I just dont trust the hospital in general
31742469Saturday, Nov 7 at 9:42 AM Kim wrote ...
Each and every hospital has it's good and bad and we don't know the details for each of these cases. Boston General, UCLA, etc. has had many of the same. Be a vigilant patient, we are lucky to have very good health care in this country. You want better health care? Get people off their butts and buy health insurance, pay for their care and then the overworked physicians and staff will get normal work shifts and get paid to treat people.
31741501Saturday, Nov 7 at 9:05 AM russ wrote ...
my aunt went in to kent and died. when my uncle next saw her the dimonds were cut out of her rings.her hands were too swollen to steal the rings so they just robbed the stones. my uncle told me if he has a heart atack going by that place,keep going to RI. i still have the empty rings. oh,my uncle died of a massive heart attack at home.i agree with sarah, KENT STINKS
31740671Saturday, Nov 7 at 4:51 AM janice wrote ...
my younger brother died when he was 34 because a dr at kent gave him a narcotic pain reliever...when he specifically went there to get an injection of NON narcotic pain reliever for an out patient surgery he had had...he had severe obstructive sleep apnea...and could not have narcotics.i wouldn't send my dog there.
31737714Saturday, Nov 7 at 4:16 AM wayne warwick wrote ...
i was told that kent was a training hospital anyway never go to kent for heart problems oh and stay away from rhode island hospital to if you have a right knee surgery they do the left
31737296Saturday, Nov 7 at 2:24 AM ed wrote ...
kent county saved my life on dec14,2007 had a double blockage, blood clot and a major heart attack and they took care of me by getting to r i hospital kent doctors and nurses that morning saved my life.
31735566Saturday, Nov 7 at 1:42 AM Sean wrote ...
I can see this making it on Family Guy.
31734566Saturday, Nov 7 at 12:39 AM david wrote ...
kent is a dog hospital the staff sucks and the doctors are idiots i dont blame james woods go get em jimmy
31732814Saturday, Nov 7 at 12:21 AM Ryan wrote ...
I used to work there a year ago but got out. It's too dangerous for the patients. A nurse in the ER nearly killed several patients due to negligence and I reported her. The VP and president said its was no big deal since no one actually died. That's just the mentality there. Money first, patients a distant second. went back to visit a family memeber and she's still there.I
31732311Friday, Nov 6 at 11:58 PM Dot Seguin E.G. wrote ...
Our family has had no problems with Kent Hospital Every hospital has it's ups & downs. People die in a hospital somewhere all the time.
31731749Friday, Nov 6 at 11:43 PM Bill wrote ...
I totally agree with the other comments,especi- ally justin.That's exactly how it feels when you go in their for something other than a scrape,you feel like your not coming out.Kent definitely needs better personnel,have some dr's come down from mass.general and show them the way it's done.
31731354Friday, Nov 6 at 11:05 PM SUSAN wrote ...
I HAVE PANIC ATTACKS EVERY TIME I GO TO KENT HOSP.THEY SIAD MY 13 YEAR OLD SON HAD A BLOOD CLOT BETWEEN HIS RIBS,GO HOME AND GIVE HIM SOME TYLENOL,THEY SIAD IN TWO WEEKS THE BLOOD CLOT TURNED OUT TO BE A TUMBOR THE SIZE OF A FOOTBALL.IT STARTED OUT THE SIZE OF A DIME,HE PASSED AWAY 2 YEARS LATER.
31730174Friday, Nov 6 at 10:50 PM Scott wrote ...
i had crohns desease and went to kent hosp and in one week the anisthesoligist put a cathada my chest i told him i felt a tug he said don't be big baby. i told the nurses three time that it was leaking and they never wrote it down. meanwhile itcaused a huge blood clot in my chest
31729769Friday, Nov 6 at 10:34 PM Justin wrote ...
This is actually Kent Hospitals reputation if it takes more than a band-aid you should probably say your last goodbyes before you go through the door.
31729229Friday, Nov 6 at 9:51 PM Sarah wrote ...
everyone should know by now, if you want your family member to sit there and die at the hospital then send them to South County or Kent. Both those hospitals are great for cuts and scraps, or possibly a broken bone, but not a heart condition.....don't even give birth there, cause if there are any complications with your pregnancy, they are just gonna send to directly to Women and Infants anyway, so you may as well go to the right hospital in the first place..... Kent STINKS
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