The False Medical Narrative Placed Into My Husband’s Duke Raleigh Hospital’s Emergency Department Medical Records by “Kaitlyn Y” RN

The information below is taken from a letter dated February 24, 2017, that was mailed to, among others, the following Duke Hospital and Duke Raleigh Hospital doctors and executive staff: David Zaas, MD [Note: Upon learning of Dr. Zaas's cancer diagnosis, a letter was sent to acting President Leigh Bleecker, MBA, MHA  Asst. VP Finance & Divisional CFO] John M. Kelsh, MD [department head for emergency medicine refused to accept ...

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Letter Sent to Duke’s Risk Assessment Manager John Legge – Re: False Medical Report Placed in Patient’s File

The following letter, dated May 17, 2017, was sent to John Legge, as well as those people copied upon this letter, last month.  I will be posting the letter that was mailed out that has the "false" narrative as to timeline of events and condition of patient which was  prepared by  "Kaitlyn Y" who was working with Hershel Cassell, MD during the early morning hours of August 13, 2011. May 17, 2017 John Legge Risk Management Duke ...

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My Friend and Her Cancer – Today We Had “The Talk”

When I woke up yesterday morning, it felt like any other day.  The dogs wanted to go outside and I wanted coffee.  This was going to be a short morning time for me.  My sweet friend, her son and I were to head into Raleigh for my friend's 9:30 am appointment with her oncologist.  For almost a year I had been going with her to these appointments.  Some appointments had been at Big Duke, but the majority of the appointments, like this one ...

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My “Short List For Hospital Emergency Department and Hospital “In-Patient” Survival”

My "Short List For Hospital Emergency Department and Hospital "In-Patient" Survival" 1.  I WILL ALWAYS carry my Healthcare Power of Attorney for my husband with me and a copy of all of his current meds, with dosage amounts and any meds that he is allergic or reactive to and what happens when they are taken. 2.  I WILL make sure that I have a DOCTOR THAT KNOWS HOW TO READ AND DOES READ THE INFORMATION REGARDING MY HUSBAND. 3.  I ...

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“Expanded List of Ten Things” Re: Emergency Visit to Hospital

When my husband suffered a severe loss of consciousness and what looked to me to be a sudden death type of event, I called 911.  I started rescue efforts and was able to hear air and feel air moving in and out of my husband's lungs.  A Medic 3 and an EMT arrived and I quickly told them about his being treated at Duke Raleigh Hospital about 12 hours before this current event had happened.  They got him in the ambulance and within 20 minutes, I ...

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Danger – CIPRO & Tizanidine [Zanaflex] – FDA’s Warning Never Take These Two Drugs Together

When I first published this on my blog five days ago I stopped at the point wherein my next subject was to be about the potential for deadly interaction that can occur when taking CIPRO & Tizanidine [brand name -Zanaflex] concomitantly.  In order to make sure that I did a good job writing about this subject, I took some time to review all the information that I had about what happens to the human body when these drugs are administere...

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