At a recent conference for Investigative Reporters, I watched a dynamite story from Denver on a hospital that lost hundreds of items patients brought in with them. The most disturbing: a prosthetic eye. See the story here.
Not above borrowing a great idea, I asked two of our local hospitals for the same information (Harris County Hospital District & UTMB are the only public hospitals subject to Texas' Public Information Laws). The Hospital District was very quick in providing their (short) list.
It is so short we decided against a story - but here is the list so you can see it yourself:
Description of Property | Date lost | Value | Name of Hospital/Clinic | Location Last Seen | |
Cash | 2/14/2007 | 100 | Ben Taub General Hospital | Emergency Center, Shock Room #1 | |
Wheelchair | 2/17/2007 | not provided | LBJ General Hospital | Restroom | |
Cologne bottles | 1/28/2007 | 150 | Ben Taub General Hospital | Emergency Center, 1 South | |
Cash | 2/26/2007 | 1400 | Ben Taub General Hospital | Emergency Center | |
Gold grill teeth cap | 7/19/2007 | 900 | Ben Taub General Hospital | Security Office | |
Cash | 8/22/2007 | 20 | LBJ General Hospital | Admitting | |
Medication | 9/17/2007 | LBJ General Hospital | Emergency Center | ||
MP4 Player, with accessories | 9/28/2007 | 100 | Ben Taub General Hospital | Hospital, 4th floor | |
Cash | 10/23/2007 | not provided | Ben Taub General Hospital | Security office | |
Cash | 10/24/2007 | 220 | Ben Taub General Hospital | Emergency Center | |
Cash | 11/1/2007 | 1500 | Ben Taub General Hospital | Security office | |
Cash, Cellphone | 4/2/2008 | 120 | LBJ General Hospital | Emergency Center Unit 2 | |
Silver colored ring | 4/30/2008 | not provided | LBJ General Hospital | Emergency Center, Shock Room #1 |
I just got UTMB's and it is similar. I will post it for a soon.
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Posted by: multiplexstaffing | January 05, 2009 at 06:03 AM