[Maru]

Originally Posted by Ammi

…it is all very weird I have to say and it is feeling that we’re missing parts of the story/events or some such thing…the lady was having an MRI on her knee and is saying that she called for her husband to help her to stand up and that they’d previously had a conversation with the technician regarding her husband’s weight training neck chain so the technician was aware and should have prevented him from coming in…but she was also aware of the chain and the dangers so why did she call for her husband to come in to help her…?…knowing that could lead to something awful…why not call the technician if the first instance, who was the one who assisted her anyway…

The latest statement I saw from the wife, the tech went to get him to get him to help her up (He might've been there as an assist) and forgot about the chain.

If it were me and I were the staff, I wouldn't let him anywhere in the facility with that chain. It's too much of a risk and if they'd joked about it in the past, then that means they knew the risks... they're 100% liable by most American legal standards if that's what indeed happened.

Still, he didn't have a bit of sense to bring a chunk of metal to Radiology. I personally think that makes him responsible, but it's not the legal standard in the US. Patients have to go through a process. That doesn't necessarily apply as thoroughly to people who come in with the patient and it's impossible to eliminate human error, especially where guests are involved as they're not "checked in" the same way as regular patients. Especially when things are out of order, so more prone to error...

That's why I think a lot more hospitals don't allow guests at all into X-ray areas and they're rooms deep. There's too many people coming in and out and personal property having to be dealt with (put into lockers). It's enough to monitor the patients and the machines. They can't keep full track of guests (much less their property) also because there are unfortunate people who will walk into rooms unprompted despite several red signs saying "In Progress"...