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Resident describes delayed care at Randolph Hospital emergency department during public comment
Summary
A Walker Road resident told commissioners her husband experienced a multi-hour delay and lack of adequate care at Randolph Hospital after a serious urinary bleed; county officials said they would follow up with the hospital.
During the Feb. 3 public-comment period, Lydia Davenport of Walker Road in Asheboro described an incident on Jan. 24 when she said her husband experienced a prostate-related bleeding emergency at Randolph Hospital's emergency department. Davenport said hospital staff did not adequately monitor or treat the patient and that after a two-hour wait she took him to an urgent care center and later to High Point, where he received immediate care including irrigation and cauterization. She said her husband had to be admitted overnight and required blood replacement.
Davenport asked the board to review the incident and said she had requested the hospital review video from the emergency department. County officials acknowledged the complaint and said the board would make notice to the hospital; the chairman said the county has a representative on the hospital board and staff would follow up.
Ending
County leadership said they would record the complaint and make proper notice to Randolph Hospital; no formal action was taken at the meeting beyond noting and referring the complaint to appropriate staff and a hospital representative.
