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This is an outrage and something should be done! Most of us here have trouble paying for our pills even if we have insurance. Many here have to pay full price. We depend on doctor's samples to get by when we can get them. Many older folk have to choose between heat, eat and medication. Many people are cutting their pills in half, or cutting down the amount they should take.
In the nursing home where I work, the maintenance man told an outrageous story today in the break room. We all know about the nurse and the med cart and folks getting their daily medication. When residents pass on, the pills are thrown away. They don't keep medicine in bottles, it is in blister packs. There is nothing wrong with these pills. The law says these pills must be thrown away, even if the resident had only had 2 or 3 pills out of the months worth.
The maintenance man said that he has to take all these pills that the nurses give him as people die. When he gets a box big enough, they take them out and BURN THEM. There are pills for everything you can imagine and I just can't believe they BURN ALL THESE PILLS when medication is so expensive and people can't afford them.
This is just one nursing home. Imagine all the nursing homes in this country, and I'm sure the hospitals must do this too.
THIS IS AN OUTRAGE. SOMETHING SHOULD BE DONE ABOUT IT!!!!!
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Outrage!!! Useful Medication Thrown Away!!!!! |
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Nov 25 2007, 04:13 PM
