I
spent 2 weeks at the Berkeley East Convalescent Hospital in Santa Monica that
billed itself to Medicare as Arizona 21st Street Corp.
This
company should have its Medicare Accreditation revoked for what I went through
at this hospital and they billed over $7,000 per week for that harassment and
cleared $5,350 for their efforts. One
example of this horrible experience that I needed to go to the bathroom with a
broken hip and elbow by bed pan or commode – but the sides of my bed were
locked up, so I could not get out without help.
I rang ten times for the nurse’s aid for over 40 minutes and only because
if a male nurse had not walked in my room, I could have wet the bed. When the
woman “Maria” finally came in and I asked her where she was for 40 minutes she
said very sarcastically, “I was busy with other patients sweetie!” I was sexually abused by 3 different nurses
aids and I reported immediately to their supervisors and finally “Steve” the
owner. I was told it was “innocent in
the course of their duty.” A deliberate
act 3 times over is not “innocent” – its a CRIME.
I
think the Department of Health and Human Services should investigate (without
notice) this hospital especially for all the elderly women who probably are not
aware or unwanted touching abuse they are subjected to.
This
was a horrible experience and they should not be allowed to continue to receive
Medicare payments.
