Monday, December 12, 2011
Can I sue a hospital in Florida for denying me my right to feed my son in the emergency room?
recently I had broke my ankle at the park w/ my kids. I was taken by ambulence to the nearest hospital emergency room. When I arrived my boyfriend took the kids to the waiting room. While there I was on a bed in the hallway for 5 hours. Meanwhile hysterical crying in pain. They did not give me any pain medicine, ice pack or anything. I was left laying there on a bed with no blanket as well. I asked numerous times for pain medicine, blanket and ice. As well as to go to the bathroom. At one point the male nurse tried to take me to the bathroom as he flipped my broken leg off the bed i screamed in pain so he put me back up on the bed and left me for another 2 hours. All the while I was hysterical crying in pain. I had a bone sticking out of my leg (not thru the skin but you could see it sticking out) and severly swollen. About 4 hours p and I'm finally taken to xray. thanks to the xray techs they helped me to the bathroom. Afterwards I was brought back to the hallway to wait. About an hour after I had first arrived my son was bloody murder screaming inthe waiting room w/ my boyfriend. He was starving and is a feed baby. He WILL NOT take a bottle and is highly allergic to any form of dairy. They told him I was not allowed to feed b/c I was in the hallwaya nd they didnt have a room for me. I have a card I was given by the lactation consultant at the hospital i had my son. It stated you have the right to feed any where you are authorized to be public or private and it gives the house bill #'s and/or statues. It is the LAW in Florida for the health and well being of both the mother and child. It was a total of 7 hours before I was released and given pain meds. They took my iv out w/o gloves 2 days later I popped up with these spots of puss and red and extremly painful all around where my iv was. then a day later they started appearing on my left leg and then my face. it was SO painful. Ended up at a different er to find out it is MRSA. Needless to say it was sa horrible experience. ANyhow my whole point here (dorry for all the extra details) is can I sue the hospital for denying me the right to feed my child according to Florida Law? And if so, what kind of attorney do I need to hire? And how hard is it to sue a hospital I've heard it is nearly impossible. As well I was told that numerous restaurants have done this to mothers and paid out between 10-25 thousand dollars to keep them quiet and out of the news.
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