基恩市女子哮喘就诊后被留在锁门的急诊诊所内,报警脱困,诊所公开致歉

据 WMUR 10月14日报道,新罕布什尔州基恩市(Keene)女子蒂娅·钱德勒(Tia Chandler)表示,她因哮喘发作前往当地温彻斯特街(Winchester Street)的 ConvenientMD 急诊诊所就诊,却在诊所打烊后被独自留在一间检查室内,最终靠联系911脱困。
钱德勒说,9月24日晚约7时45分,一名诊所工作人员为她注射了一剂类固醇,并告诉她马上就回来,此后却无人返回。她说,到当晚8时10分左右,她探头查看,发现诊所里空无一人,前台也没有留守人员。她试图离开时触发了警报,又给丈夫发短信请对方拨打911,自己也致电911求助。基恩市警方证实,警方曾接报并到场处理此事。
ConvenientMD 对 WMUR 表示,公司对此次事件深感遗憾,此事本不应发生,并称已采取措施确保不再重演。当地报纸《基恩哨兵报》(The Keene Sentinel)也报道称,这家位于温彻斯特街的急诊诊所已就一名女患者被留在营业时间之后的诊所内一事公开致歉。
钱德勒表示,她过去多次在这家诊所就诊,但经历此事后,可能不会再回去。
Keene Woman Left Inside Locked Urgent Care Clinic After Hours; Clinic Apologizes
A Keene, New Hampshire woman says she was left alone inside an urgent care clinic after employees closed for the night, forcing her to seek help through 911, WMUR reported on October 14. Tia Chandler had gone to the ConvenientMD clinic on Winchester Street in Keene for treatment of an asthma attack.
Chandler said that at around 7:45 p.m. on September 24, a staff member gave her a steroid shot and told her they would be right back, but no one returned. She said that by about 8:10 p.m. she looked out of the exam room and found the clinic empty, with no staff at the front office. When she tried to leave, she set off an alarm. She texted her husband asking him to call 911 and also called 911 herself. Keene police confirmed that officers responded to the incident.
ConvenientMD told WMUR that it sincerely regretted the incident, that it should never have happened, and that it has taken steps to make sure it does not happen again. The Keene Sentinel, the local newspaper, also reported that the Winchester Street clinic issued an apology after a woman was left there after hours.
Chandler said she and her family had used the clinic many times in the past, but that she probably would not go back.
图片来源:新罕布什尔州基恩市航拍,CC BY-SA 3.0,摄影:Pi.1415926535(Wikimedia Commons)

