Ebola victim Thomas Eric Duncan’s family has settled with Dallas hospital

[TexasDevilDog]

I wonder if the family will pay for all the healthcare that he received?

http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2014/11/12/family-of-ebola-victim-thomas-eric-duncan-has-settled-with-dallas-hospital/

[Ted]

So fucking stupid. What a horrible precedent to set with this bullshit.

[Binky]

The "society" precedent was already set - people sue first and ask questions later.

Good thing is when they settle out of court there isn't a LEGAL precedent set.

And Presby gets to avoid a very public and potentially damaging media event/circus. They just want it to go away and fast.

[Cooter]

lol @ "if he had been a different color, he would probably still be alive"

more like "if the stupid nigger had TOLD them that he had been exposed to ebola, he might be alive today"

[Chas_svo]

Article doesn't seem biased at all.

[Scott Mc]

Selfish trash seems to run deep in that family.

[Strychnine]

"The family is seeking a book or movie deal about their ordeal"

[cool cat]

"The family is seeking a book or movie deal about their ordeal"

I wonder what Tyler Perry will name it?

[Sean88gt]

Book or movie? He lied, then he lay, then he died. Doesn't seem very compelling.

[helosailor]

I wonder what Tyler Perry will name it?

Madea's Family Reunion, Part VIII: The one after the lying Liberian cousin died.

[jluv]

The race card is absolutely ridiculous. They shouldn't even print that stupid shit.

And ya, he fucked up by not telling them he was exposed to Ebola. But are we sure he knew? I've heard that he transported a sick pregnant lady to get medical care, but that he didn't know it was Ebola. There is surely more to that story, but I've just not seen it.

Regardless, the hospital fucked up. No one really doubts that, right?

I see info about malpractice lawsuits and settlements coming across my desk all the time, and it's crazy what some of the payouts are, even when the doctors didn't do anything wrong. It shouldn't be that way, but it is, and when some of these clowns are getting hundreds of thousands for bullshit cases, it sure makes it hard to expect this family not to get a big chunk for what they went through.

Again, it shouldn't be that way, and I'm sure it's much more about greed than anything else, but I do think the hospital needs to face consequences for handling this really poorly from start to finish.

I would hate to have been part of his immediate family that had to lose him, all their stuff, and then stay in quarantine. This guy wasn't some piece of shit. He didn't ask for Ebola. He caught it trying to help someone else. He was sick and scared and told them he came from West Africa. I don't think his skin color has a damn thing to do with it, but either they were too incompetent to realize what they were dealing with and/or maybe they really did just want to get him in and out because he didn't have insurance or money. That wouldn't surprise me.

I'm more or less playing devil's advocate, because I don't know all of the details. None of us really do.

[Chili]

I don't think his skin color has a damn thing to do with it, but either they were too incompetent to realize what they were dealing with and/or maybe they really did just want to get him in and out because he didn't have insurance or money.

This was my thinking.. Not really a race issue, a financial issue.

[bcoop]

This was my thinking.. Not really a race issue, a financial issue.

I find it hard to blame them for that. Shit isn't free. No insurance, no money, then hit the fucking bricks. Why should anyone else have to pay hundreds of thousands of dollars for his care?


He made the decision to go to Liberia, not anyone else.

[Sean88gt]

The race card is absolutely ridiculous. They shouldn't even print that stupid shit.

And ya, he fucked up by not telling them he was exposed to Ebola. But are we sure he knew? I've heard that he transported a sick pregnant lady to get medical care, but that he didn't know it was Ebola. There is surely more to that story, but I've just not seen it.

Regardless, the hospital fucked up. No one really doubts that, right?

I see info about malpractice lawsuits and settlements coming across my desk all the time, and it's crazy what some of the payouts are, even when the doctors didn't do anything wrong. It shouldn't be that way, but it is, and when some of these clowns are getting hundreds of thousands for bullshit cases, it sure makes it hard to expect this family not to get a big chunk for what they went through.

Again, it shouldn't be that way, and I'm sure it's much more about greed than anything else, but I do think the hospital needs to face consequences for handling this really poorly from start to finish.

I would hate to have been part of his immediate family that had to lose him, all their stuff, and then stay in quarantine. This guy wasn't some piece of shit. He didn't ask for Ebola. He caught it trying to help someone else. He was sick and scared and told them he came from West Africa. I don't think his skin color has a damn thing to do with it, but either they were too incompetent to realize what they were dealing with and/or maybe they really did just want to get him in and out because he didn't have insurance or money. That wouldn't surprise me.

I'm more or less playing devil's advocate, because I don't know all of the details. None of us really do.

Did they? Or were they operating on a set of "knowns" that were false and misleading? I tend to believe that he should have been loaded on a plane and returned to Liberia and his family billed for the flight.

To hold the hospital responsible for ANYTHING ebola related, when it is beyond the scope of normal business, is absolute garbage.

[jluv]

I find it hard to blame them for that. Shit isn't free. No insurance, no money, then hit the fucking bricks. Why should anyone else have to pay hundreds of thousands of dollars for his care?

The reality of it is that your views on the matter and their legal and moral obligation as health care professionals are two very different things. They signed up to be doctors knowing they can't just tell people to hit the bricks because they are broke and uninsured. That's the way it is, like it or not. It's not even an option.

Did they? Or were they operating on a set of "knowns" that were false and misleading? I tend to believe that he should have been loaded on a plane and returned to Liberia and his family billed for the flight.

To hold the hospital responsible for ANYTHING ebola related, when it is beyond the scope of normal business, is absolute garbage.

To me, even with limited information, it's obvious that they mishandled this situation on several different levels. They fumbled the whole fucking thing, and they know it as well as anyone. I'm sure they learned a ton of lessons and would do it completely different next time.