Whittington in ICU "Strictly for Privacy Reasons"

[NightOwwl]

According to Peter Banko, administrator of the Christus Spohn Memortial Hospital who is holding a press conference right now. He is refusing to say how many pellets are in the body, also refusing to talk about which medications Whittington is being given.

Where are the pictures of this supposedly "talking and joking" man? Why haven't we seen pictures? Where is his family?

This stinks to high heaven.

[rateyes]

1. Whittington in ICU "Strictly for Privacy Reasons"

Yep. Load of crap, that is! One can get privacy in a hospital apart from being in ICU. I can smell the stench from here.

[NightOwwl]

6. "Much ado about nothing" says the spokesperson.

Yeah right. I'm sure Harry Whitttington would agree. :sarcasm:

[Botany]

2. ah ..... ah ....

they have many private rooms in hospitals that are not in an ICU.


head explodes!!!!! In an ICU YOU ARE WATCHED 24/7

[htuttle]

12. ICU beds don't tend to have their own bathrooms, either

So is Whittington using a bedpan because he *wants* to?

For privacy, I'd much rather have my own recovery room somewhere upstairs.

[Tin Man]

35. Great points. I'm calling bullshit on this news conference.

...too many unanswered questions and logical fallacies - smelling more and more like a coverup.

[Misunderestimator]

3. Yes, and it's all "much ado about nothing"

And when asked if any blood alcohol tests had been done... a quick "No comment" and run away.

[NightOwwl]

7. Can you believe that load of crap?

Good god, what an insult to that poor man.

[BlueEyedSon]

4. Maybe he's talking like Terri Schiavo was.....

[WinkyDink]

5. Was he hit with "BB's", or pellets? Does one shoot quail with BB's?

I'm really asking, as the doctors said only "BB's".

[Lochloosa]

17. BB's are pellets. Same thing in gun speak

28 gauge shell 366 pellets...or bb's

[phusion]

8. "refusing to say, etc..."

That's because he doesn't want to LIE. That poor man is dead.

[NightOwwl]

15. If he isn't dead already, he's got to be in really, really bad shape.

Meanwhile, WH continues to send their flunkies out to blame the victim.

I feel so bad for this poor man.

[Vickers]

9. Of course! Heck, he's only in the hospital because all the area hotels

are overbooked. :crazy:

[savemefromdumbya]

10. Sounds shady to me

maybe the VPOTUS will announce that he is dead?

[MADem]

11. Wow, their bullshit knows no bounds, does it??

Gee, when I was accorded privacy during a hospitalization, they gave me what was cutely called a PRIVATE room. It was nice, too--a bed, in a room, all by itself, swell TV, with a nice little crapper and tub ensuite and a very plush barcolounger for the nurse or family member to relax or snooze in. It wasn't the damn ICU, though! The door closed, it was right by the nurse's station, so ya had to get past Big Blessed Bertha to get in.

I am no denizen of hospitals, but every time I have been in an ICU to see critically ill family members, they didn't seem terribly PRIVATE to me. There were more than a few patients in there, they were all pretty friken miserable, and the medical staff was always on pins and needles. To say nothing of tearful immediate family members hovering about, waiting for their five minutes with the loved one, only to go back to the waiting room and wait for a few hours until they could have five minutes more....

I'd love to hear from some of our DU medical experts on the privacy level of ICUs...have things changed significantly in recent years???

[NightOwwl]

19. My own personal experience...

My dad was in ICU in a LA hospital. There is NO privacy. A curtain maybe, but that's about it.

Lies, lies and more lies.

[FearofFutility]

21. The ICU at my hospital is definitely not private

All of the rooms face the nurse's station and have glass walls so that the patient can be seen at all times. There are curtains that can be pulled closed when providing care, but there is very little privacy.

[MuseRider]

22. Exactly

We sat in our patients room, we ate in our patients rooms, we never left our patients rooms except for bathroom breaks and then you got another nurse to watch your patient for you. There are those patients who do not need care quite that close so you would have two of them and you sat at a desk between the two rooms so you could see both patients at the same time. I hope he is paying for an ICU room and I hope they boot his ass out if they need it for someone not there for "privacy". He can always move to the private VIP rooms kept in all hospitals for people of his "unique stature".

[Tin Man]

36. Hey, it's not Whittington's privacy they're talking about - it's CHENEY'S

...easier to keep away enquiring eyes and control the flow of information when the patient is sequestered in an ICU.

[LoZoccolo]

13. Well, probably the reason they won't say anything...

...is because there are medical privacy laws in place. I would want them to be for me as well.

[Lochloosa]

14. ICU is the most unprivate place in a Hospital

I worked in one for 12 years.

Every hospital has "special" rooms for their "guest".

This is Bullshit!

[ima_sinnic]

16. oh right,, like they're going to take up a bed in the ICU if it's not

really necessary. How much did they pay that hospital administrator to talk such gibberish?

[mwb970]

18. Was that suited guy a doctor?

He came across as an arrogant jerk. And when they asked if there had been a blood test for alcohol, he said "no comment" twice and ended the press conference.

I know that Cheney is a jerk, but why would a random doctor involved with this incident also be a jerk? Most doctors are great.

[NightOwwl]

20. Administrator, not doctor.

They are trained in spin control.

A doctor might actually answer questions honestly and openly.

Can't have that now, can we?

[RaleighNCDUer]

23. 2 problems.

ICUs are not private - they are very public, though usually closed to non-hospital personnel. They are designed that way so the patient can be monitored most efficiently. If you want privacy, get a private room.

ICU beds are very valuable, and expensive, and would not be wasted on someone who doesn't need one.

[DoYouEverWonder]

24. Then why did they take him out of ICU

only to return him later on when he started having heart problems?

We need a Pepe le Peu smilie.

[FearofFutility]

27. Exactly

Yesterday, it was clear he had to be readmitted to ICU due to his condition. Today, it's for privacy reasons. :eyes:

[MiniMe]

25. BS, All hospitals have private rooms

Some even have "VIP" rooms, where they would put somebody like a king, or somebody like Ken Lay (puke).

You are correct, ICU rooms are not private at all, and by saying that, they are leaving themselves open to a lawsuit from somebody that couldn't go to the ICU because the bedspace was taken up "for Privacy". I bet his lawyers are going nuts right now.

[dogday]

26. And the critical are being moved up to Pediatrics

but it's all good....

[NightOwwl]

31. "Much ado about nothing."

So sayeth the hospital administrator. I'm surprised he didn't fall over with all the spinning he was trying to foist on us.

[Brewman_Jax]

28. My mom spent 3 weeks in ICU

it's hardly private. :eyes:

I see that the gross hypocrisy of this administration has no bounds. They have no shame.

[BringEmOn]

29. The NSA doctors and other spooks need their privacy.

[Bluebear]

30. He's going to go rollerblading this afternoon

if the pesky media allow him to.

[NightOwwl]

32. LOL....

good one! :rofl:

[librechik]

33. the family put out a gag order yesterday

they are Bushies, after all...

They are all in on it--the cover up that is.

[NightOwwl]

34. A gag order?

But wouldn't the family want to talk about how great he is doing? Tell a few jokes maybe?

This whole mess stinks to high heaven.