Glendale, Arizona-Kerry Higuera has been through the biggest nightmare of any mother. When she was three months pregnant she noticed that she was bleeding and went to the emergency room thinking that she was having a miscarriage. They put her in a room and a short time later a nurse came in and said, "Kerry, I am here to take you down to CT." She followed the nurse thinking that the doctors knew what they were doing.
After the CT scan Kerry waited in her room thinking that she had a miscarriage. After awhile the emergency room doctor and administrator came into the room. She immediately started crying and asked if she had lost the baby? They told her and her husband that they had made a mistake that another women with the name of Kerry was supposed to get the CT not her. They did not know what the effects of the CT would do to her baby. Her baby is now 15-months-old. They are watching his development closely, so far nothing major has come up.
This story is why anytime you go to the doctor or hospital you should always be sure that they know who they are talking to. Say you birthday and full name so that you know that they have the right patient.
I work in a doctors office and it is very easy to get the wrong chart on a patient. We have a lot of patients with the same name first and last name. So we are constantly asking for peoples birthdays. Just to double check that we have the right chart. I hope that this will open peoples eyes to be more cautious about what they are doing. In the medical field you cannot make these kind of mistakes. You are dealing with human lives.
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Great article and advice. I think we would be amazed to find out how many times things like this have happened to people. My mother is a nurse, and my stepfather a doctor, so I have always been fairly protected when it comes to medical procedures. The advice you gave about the birth date is great.
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