We don't really know everything that's going on in there, so
lets not shoot our mouths off before we get all the facts. Are we
not sure that the employer is not behind the transfer at all?
In hospitals there's such a thing known as triage, where they sort
out the different patients according to the various situtations and
decide what to do with them.
There are certainly money reasons behind the transfer to TTSH, but
I don't think money is the most important thing. If the worker was
really in life-threatening danger no doubt the Mount E people would
have gotten started on him ASAP, the damage of refusing treatment
to a dying patient is more harm to Mount E then the money is
saves.
But obviously it was not the case, they managed to stabilize the
patient and while he was injured, he was obviously in no immediate
danger of dying or else the transfer would not be possible. When it
comes to that, it's up to the employer to decide where the patient
will be treated and I'm not surprised why they don't really like
the idea of Mount E... which isn't exactly cheap.
Good call or bad call? That's up for debate... but it's another
thing to pin it on the doctors.
