http://wonderlandornot.net/2008/07/01/pateint-dies-and-hospital-lies/ we're all mad here Thu, 18 Mar 2010 23:06:45 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://wonderlandornot.net/2008/07/01/pateint-dies-and-hospital-lies/comment-page-1/#comment-49515 cooper Sun, 06 Jul 2008 17:13:31 +0000 http://wonderlandornot.net/?p=1160#comment-49515 You're right. I ignored it as well, not mentioning the fact that Kings County Hospital serves mostly minorities and there is along standing problem there with the poor care given over time, and the lack of consideration the powers that be in the city give to the hospital just because it serves a large poor and of color population. I think, for me , the impotence I feel in situations like this prevent me from pointing out thing sI feel I can not do anything about, especially things that are unforgivable and should have been addressed long ago. You’re right. I ignored it as well, not mentioning the fact that Kings County Hospital serves mostly minorities and there is along standing problem there with the poor care given over time, and the lack of consideration the powers that be in the city give to the hospital just because it serves a large poor and of color population.
I think, for me , the impotence I feel in situations like this prevent me from pointing out thing sI feel I can not do anything about, especially things that are unforgivable and should have been addressed long ago.

]]> http://wonderlandornot.net/2008/07/01/pateint-dies-and-hospital-lies/comment-page-1/#comment-49512 Renee Sun, 06 Jul 2008 02:15:46 +0000 http://wonderlandornot.net/?p=1160#comment-49512 I understand why everyone is so focused on the issue of mental health in regard to this particular case but nearly every blog entry I read about this incident totally ignores the role that race and class had to play in this. There was a study done at the U of T a few years ago which discovered that WOC are placed in mental institutions at higher rates than white women....with this in mind how can we ignore the racial overtones? I understand why everyone is so focused on the issue of mental health in regard to this particular case but nearly every blog entry I read about this incident totally ignores the role that race and class had to play in this. There was a study done at the U of T a few years ago which discovered that WOC are placed in mental institutions at higher rates than white women.…with this in mind how can we ignore the racial overtones?

]]> http://wonderlandornot.net/2008/07/01/pateint-dies-and-hospital-lies/comment-page-1/#comment-49476 cooper Fri, 04 Jul 2008 03:32:00 +0000 http://wonderlandornot.net/?p=1160#comment-49476 Survival of the fittest...brings to mind some of those books written by writers from long ago, writers who knew and warned us.... Survival of the fittest…brings to mind some of those books written by writers from long ago, writers who knew and warned us.…

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