i believe my family member on life support was poisioned by another family member

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i have a family member on life support and the circumstances do not add up. i have police helping me with an investigation. i can't talk to the doctor openly since the family member i suspect is present. i need help talking to the docotor and what questions i can ask without setting off the suspected family member. i need help fast please.
 
Write down your suspicions, put it in an envelope and ask it be put in the chart. Mark for the doctor only...confidential. And explain that you have contacted the police and who the suspect is in your mind. And that you don't want anyone to know as you fear retribution.

Believe it or not, this is not all that unusual to have to go around others in a family. My father-in-law was an alcoholic who drank himself into a coma. Everyone in the family was in denial and no one told the docs how much he drank. they were doing all sorts of tests to figure out what was wrong. I took a nurse aside and whispered to her that he was a heavy drinker who had been on a binge during a bad snow storm and that I suspected that was behind the coma.

Within 2 hours, they had the confirmation and started the appropriate treatment.

Happens a lot...but if you suspect attempted murder, you need to move fast and quietly.

good luck...........Jenny
 
serching4help,

You can also contact the security department at the hospital and alert them to the situation. If you have any idea what the poison maybe than ask that they notify the attending physician of your suspicions and impress upon them who you believe may be involved. Let them know that you have notified the police and that there is an active investigation being conducted. Give them the name of the detective who is investigating so that they may be in contact with this detective.

You can also contact the attending physician at his/or office and request that he/her return you call. Make sure that you inform the office staff that your call is confidential and that you really need to speak to the doctor before the day is over.

The third option would be to call the floor and speak to the patient's nurse. Again alert her/him to your suspicions and make sure that this nurse if very clear that your call is not to be shared with any other member of the family or the patient.

I hope that you are successful in getting your feelings heard and I hope that you and the injured family member do well.

Let me know how everything works out.

Brenda
 
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