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发帖数: 4174 | 1 Woman denied visitation of partner at local hospital
Staff members of Rolling Hills Hospital refused multiple requests
http://www.outandaboutnewspaper.com/article/5235#.TvCl3krQb3C
by Blake Boldt
Dec 19, 2011 RSS
A Middle Tennessee woman is seeking answers after being prevented from
seeing her partner in a local hospital last week.
Rolling Hills Hospital in Franklin denied multiple requests by Val Burke to
visit her partner, who is currently a patient in the hospital's residential
facility. Staff members excluded her from the room since she was not a legal
spouse or family member.
"I went to visit her at the appropriate visiting time and was turned away,"
she says. "We have been living together for three years now, but that didn't
matter to them either. The rest of her family is out of town, so she didn't
have any one visit her."
Burke had previously been allowed visitation rights, but only with her
partner's mother in attendance.
Under recent federal regulations, patients at most hospitals across the
country are allowed to choose who has visitation rights. These rules apply
to all hospitals that participate in Medicare and Medicaid.
Hospitals are also required to put their visitation policies in writing,
including any "clinically necessary or reasonable restrictions" to
visitation that may be appropriate.
Tennessee Equality Project (TEP) contacted the facility Sunday evening and
confirmed that Rolling Hills participates in Medicare and Medicaid. Hospital
administration were made aware of the incident and addressed this policy
with staff on Monday, according to Chris Sanders, chair of TEP's Nashville
committee.
"(This) is a very troubling report and it reminds us of the importance of
this rule change that recently went into effect," he says. "When we are at
our most vulnerable, we need to be able to choose who visits us in the
hospital."
Phone calls to the Rolling Hills administration have not been returned. | g********d
发帖数: 4174 | 2 Val Burke
Thanks to Chris Sanders this issue was resolved quickly. Today I received a
call from an administrator at the hospital who asked me if I wanted to come
and visit today. (which is unfortunate since I DO have a job!) but we set a
date for Weds. to visit, since I missed the ONLY real visitation on Sunday.
So, I am guessing that Chris put the fear into them! Isn't it fantastic
having Chris out there on the cases? Thanks so much Chris and Jerry Jones! | o****g
发帖数: 657 | 3 Tennessee is a four letter word.
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【在 g********d 的大作中提到】
: Woman denied visitation of partner at local hospital
: Staff members of Rolling Hills Hospital refused multiple requests
: http://www.outandaboutnewspaper.com/article/5235#.TvCl3krQb3C
: by Blake Boldt
: Dec 19, 2011 RSS
: A Middle Tennessee woman is seeking answers after being prevented from
: seeing her partner in a local hospital last week.
: Rolling Hills Hospital in Franklin denied multiple requests by Val Burke to
: visit her partner, who is currently a patient in the hospital's residential
: facility. Staff members excluded her from the room since she was not a legal
| D**S
发帖数: 24887 | 4 那个以炸鸡闻名的地方也一个德行吧.不过田纳西是真@!#*(#!*($$$!$*(. Bible Belt
是不是都这个尿样?! 是不是那帮religious zealots在卧室里面high的时候也要口喊啊
们!
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: Tennessee is a four letter word.
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: to
: residential
: legal
| m******8
发帖数: 2153 | 5 Is Obama's hospital visiting right rule only for federal employees?
That's why we need Gay Civil Union and Gay Marriage: pretty much every gay
rights included... | g********d
发帖数: 4174 | 6 Posted on Advocate.com December 21, 2011 06:19:45 PM ET
Hospital Apologizes to Lesbian Turned Away From Visiting Partner
By Michelle Garcia
Richard 'Rick' Bangert, chief executive officer of Rolling Hills Hospital
x390 (FAIR) | ADVOCATE.COM
Rolling Hills CEO Richard Bangert
A hospital administrator in Tennessee is set to issue an apology to a
lesbian couple after one of the women was denied the right to visit the
other, despite federal regulations that mandate visitation equality for gay
couples.
Previously, Val Burke was allowed to visit her partner, who was staying in a
residential unit at the Rolling Hills Hospital in Franklin, Tenn., but only
when accompanied by her partner's mother. Burke was denied several requests
to visit on her own. The couple lived together for three years before Burke
's partner was admitted to the hospital.
"I went to visit her at the appropriate visiting time and was turned away,"
Burke told Out and About newspaper. She added that she felt it was even more
pertinent to visit her during the holidays, since her partner's other
family members were out of town.
Rolling Hills CEO Richard Bangert said refusing Burke the ability to see her
partner was a "human error," Nashville's Tennessean reports.
"I will apologize and work with her directly," he said. "I take it very
personally. This is not representative of the hospital."
According to the Human Rights Campaign, which worked with the Tennessee
Equality Project to advocate on Burke's behalf, all hospitals that
participate in Medicare and Medicaid must allow patients to confirm who can
and cannot visit them. |
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