Thread by @purplemamabear

#MedicalBiases #CompromisedCare #DenialofRights
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many may not believe this. They may find it unbelievable. I don’t. I have watched my daughter deal with the exact same abuses bc she is prescribed #opioids, bc she also has complex #medical conditions & PTSD. 1

https://twitter.com/billkinkle/status/1526897047223287808

I never know when she has a medical crisis and needs the hospital IF she will need to interact w a personnel or professional whose #biases interfere with care. These incidences can be shaming, demeaning or they can put her life at risk. My daughter has had hypoglycemic crises 2/

at @SanfordHealth where the nurses refused to check her #bloodsugars because ‘it is anxiety’ or ‘she just ate’. Even when I intervened over phone & pleaded, nurses refused to point I had to reach out to #housesupervisor. While I’ve reached out multiple times to @SanfordHealth 3/

asking for a collaborative comprehension trauma informed care plan to be put in place @SanfordHealth has continually refused. Her rights are violated time and time again bc of their #biases, the assumptions made in chart & their refusal to provide #patientsrights. She has been 4

told by #hospitalists she is lying about #pain, she has been accused of taking drugs and injecting insulin to create a cris. She has been placed on a #behavioral plan that is ALWAYS flagged BUT there is nothing flagging her Type 3 & how it impacts her, or malabsorption issues 5

Her care is impacted by these biases and they refuse to have a trauma informed plan in place that clearly outlines her complications from AITTP. This happens constantly to people and people are shamed into silence, thus poor care ensues and rights are violated. It’s not ok. 6

Physicians, medical personnel have the right to be safe, but so do #patients - they ALSO have rights. AND even IF someone has #SUD, their are entitled to competent care. @SanfordHealth continues to place my daughter in harms way. They refuse to examine how their biases 7

are contributing to negligent care. For years all we have asked is to sit down and develop a plan. We have been denied. This has been allowed. After the some of the last interactions w hospital we (my daughter & I ) have decided that actions steps are necessary to address thus 8

I have filed several federal complaints against @SanfordHealth because her rights are violated and her chronic illness (disability) is not taken serious & rights violated on bias I have reached out to #JACHO #OCR and @WhiteHouseOPE46 & will continue until I know her rights are 9

being addressed and a plan of care is in place that addresses her needs. It’s sad that this happens. @billkinkle & my daughter are not the only ones that deal w this. It’s happens to SO many. #MedicalPersonnel absolutely should be safe & respected BUT #patients also deserve 10

that right.