A chilling case of hospital negligence in Goldsboro

Here at A Priori Concepts I attempt to employ many literary methods, such as absurdity, satire, wit and scorn. This post is not one of those times.

I want you to read this story and stop to think about what type of society we are living in. What type of government have we created when a hospital that receives public money has three shifts of nurses and technicians that allow this to happen.

Read the entire story all the way to the bottom. Then read the comments related to a previous report.

Nurses at the state’s mental hospital in Goldsboro walked past a patient sitting in a chair for more than 22 hours without giving him food or helping him to the bathroom before he died, according to an investigative report released Monday.

The hospital’s treatment of Steven H. Sabock, 50, who was found lifeless after a day without food, is one reason federal officials told state officials last week that they may stop sending federal money to Cherry Hospital, one of the state’s four psychiatric hospitals.

The hospital’s security video recorded Sabock’s care from April 28, when he choked on his medicine while a nurse stood by without helping him, and through his day without food until his death from a heart problem. Health care technicians, according to the report, are seen on the recording watching television through the night, playing cards, and talking on a cell phone while they were in the room with Sabock.