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Title: Nightmarish Hospital Visit Capped by Beating, Accident Victim Says
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URL Source: http://www.courthousenews.com/2010/08/25/29858.htm
Published: Aug 29, 2010
Author: Ryan Abbott
Post Date: 2010-08-29 21:58:51 by christine
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UPPER MARLBORO, Md. (CN) - A man who was hurt in a car crash but was misidentified as a cancer patient claims security guards at Prince George's Hospital beat him up when he tried to leave the hospital to avoid chest surgery he didn't need - "to have a potentially cancerous mass removed from his chest." He adds that one guard repeatedly called him "bitch" as he roughed him up. Joseph Wheeler says a June 23 car accident put him in the hospital, which is owned by Dimensions Health Corporation. When he woke up hungry on June 24 and asked a nurse for food, she told him he couldn't eat because he was scheduled for surgery, Wheeler claims in Prince George's County Court. Wheeler says the nurse checked his identification bracelet and told him the surgery was "to have a potentially cancerous mass removed from his chest." Wheeler says his ID bracelet "contained a name that was different from Mr. Wheeler's, appeared to be that of a woman, and had a birth date that was 13 years prior to his own." The complaint continues: "Mr. Wheeler, still in serious pain from the car accident and subsequent treatment from injuries sustained, was starting to fear for his safety as the hospital had misidentified him and he was being prepped to go into a surgery that he knew nothing about. "At this point, Mr. Wheeler's wife, Felicia Ann Wheeler, came into the room to see her husband. Mr. Wheeler immediately told Mrs. Wheeler about what was taking place. The Wheelers decided that it was in their best interest to leave Prince George's Hospital Center and seek medical care for Mr. Wheeler elsewhere." Mrs. Wheeler confirmed with nurses outside her husband's room that he was scheduled for cancer surgery, and when she told the nurses that she and her husband were leaving, "an argument ensued." According to the increasingly bizarre complaint, Mr. Wheeler, "hearing the argument, took out his I/V, got out of the hospital bed, put his clothes on, and started to walk out of the room. He was bleeding from the spot on his hand where that I/V had been connected. "Mrs. Wheeler and the nurse met Mr. Wheeler at the door. The nurse told Mr. Wheeler that he was not allowed to leave. She put a bandage on Mr. Wheeler's hand to stop the bleeding from the I/V spot, and then yelled for security. "Mr. Wheeler, now bandaged and clothed, began to walk toward the exit of the floor while his wife gathered the rest of his belongings. As he moved toward the exit, two large men in security uniforms moved quickly toward Mr. Wheeler." These men, defendants William Reese and Donovan Scott, worked for the hospital and/or defendant Broadway Services, according to the complaint. The Wheelers say the two security guards were "immediately hostile." "Defendant Scott harshly asked, 'Where do you think you're going?' Mr. Wheeler told both Reese and Scott that his business was finished at the hospital and that he was on his way out," the complaint states. "In the moments immediately following this exchange, defendant Scott began to appear angry and upset with Mr. Wheeler. He began to use profanity directed at Mr. Wheeler about getting back to Wheeler's 'damn room.' "At this point the two officers put on black padded gloves in front of Mr. Wheeler and defendant Scott started to hit his fist against his own hand and moved closer in proximity to Wheeler's face. Defendant Scott appeared angry and agitated." Wheeler, "in fear for his safety," tried to reason with the guards. "He told the officers that he had been in a serious car accident and suffered from multiple injuries to the torso and shoulders. Wheeler also told the officers that he was retired from the St. Mary's County Sheriff's Office and that he knew that the security officers had no right or authority to detain him. Wheeler stated that he wanted to leave." At that point, Wheeler says, Scott grabbed him and shoved him "hard from behind into the adjacent wall and metal railing," hurting his ribs. The complaint continues: "Mr. Wheeler, in serious pain and feeling like he was going to black out, fell to floor. Defendant Scott stood over him and yelled, 'Get off the floor bitch! This game is over!' "Defendant Scott continued, 'I don't care who you think you are, this is my camp, you listen to what I got to say!' The vocal officer then grabbed Mr. Wheeler and pulled him up off of the ground as Wheeler pleaded with the officer to stop hurting him. "At this point the defendant Reese said to the vocal officer, 'Man, ease up on him. He might really be hurt.' Defendant Scott replied, 'Hell no, he don't come up in here and be telling us what the fuck to do!'" As the two guards "escorted" him back to his room, "Scott accused Wheeler of attempting to push the second officer down a flight of stairs," and "continued to shout expletives at Wheeler," according to the complaint. Wheeler says the men took him to the hospital security office, where an unidentified lieutenant questioned him. "After Mr. Wheeler explained what had happened, the lieutenant looked at Wheeler's hospital-provided identification bracelet and acknowledged that Wheeler had been misidentified," Wheeler says. But that was not the end of the conflict. Wheeler says the lieutenant became agitated when he would not return the incorrect bracelet, and ordered the security guards to stop him from leaving. He says a plainclothes hospital employee, a woman he identifies as an "administrator ... intervened in the conversation" and after he explained the situation, said she would make sure he "would have his own private room and any type of drug he wanted, just to name the pain killer." Wheeler says he and his wife chose to leave the hospital, but when he tried to leave with the incorrect ID bracelet, one of the security guards "charged Wheeler, again calling Wheeler 'bitch,' and shoved him against the wall." "Mr. Wheeler spent the next three days at St. Mary's Hospital and was diagnosed with four broken ribs, a sprained shoulder, a ruptured spleen, and a concussion," he says. The Wheelers seek $3.2 million in compensatory damages and $9.5 million in punitive damages for assault and battery, false imprisonment and infliction of emotional distress. They are represented by Bryan Dugan with Dugan, McKissick, Wood & Longmore of Lexington Park, Md.
Poster Comment: i would hope the hospital would fire these, uh, "security" guards.
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#1. To: christine (#0)
Prince Georges County is where a SWAT team shot the 2 Labrador Retreivers of the mayor of Berwin Heights when a 30# package of marijuana was left on his porch by a drug transport scheme that used FedEx to ship to a patsy. They grow strange people in St Georges County.
I don't think he asked for enough in the filing. He should have gone for at least 5 and 15. The Security Guards should get ten to life.
"One of the least understood strategies of the world revolution now moving rapidly toward its goal is the use of mind control as a major means of obtaining the consent of the people who will be subjects of the New World Order." K.M. Heaton, The National Educator
After de suit he prob'ly bese tellin' 'em.
Liberty is not a means to a higher political end. It is itself the highest political end. He (Gordon Duff) also implies that forcibly removing Obama, a Constitution-hating, on-the-down-low, crackhead Communist, is an attack on America, Mom, and apple pie. I swear these military people are worse than useless. Just look around at the condition of the country and tell me if they have fulfilled their oaths to protect the nation from all enemies foreign and domestic. What are the odds defendant Scott is black?
"Every Person born within the limits of the United States, and subject to their jurisdiction, is by virtue of natural law and national law a citizen of the United States. This will not, of course, include persons born in the United States who are foreigners, aliens, who belong to the families of ambassadors or foreign ministers accredited to the Government of the United States, but will include every other class of persons. I think the probability approaches unity as a Limit.
"One of the least understood strategies of the world revolution now moving rapidly toward its goal is the use of mind control as a major means of obtaining the consent of the people who will be subjects of the New World Order." K.M. Heaton, The National Educator
There should be criminal charges.
"Every Person born within the limits of the United States, and subject to their jurisdiction, is by virtue of natural law and national law a citizen of the United States. This will not, of course, include persons born in the United States who are foreigners, aliens, who belong to the families of ambassadors or foreign ministers accredited to the Government of the United States, but will include every other class of persons. Prepping patients for Obama care. Hospitals will just force the tumor removal, even if the patient doesn't have a tumor and isn't the patient who needs the operation. Sigh.
"The conscious and intelligent manipulation of the organized habits and opinions of the masses is an important element in democratic society. Those who manipulate this unseen mechanism of society constitute an invisible government which is the true ruling power of our country. ... We are governed, our minds are molded, our tastes formed, our ideas suggested, largely by men we have never heard of." Edward Bernays, Father of Public Relations
Isn't that a scary thought.
"Every Person born within the limits of the United States, and subject to their jurisdiction, is by virtue of natural law and national law a citizen of the United States. This will not, of course, include persons born in the United States who are foreigners, aliens, who belong to the families of ambassadors or foreign ministers accredited to the Government of the United States, but will include every other class of persons. What are the odds defendant Scott is black? lol Racist. jk
LOL Really?
"Every Person born within the limits of the United States, and subject to their jurisdiction, is by virtue of natural law and national law a citizen of the United States. This will not, of course, include persons born in the United States who are foreigners, aliens, who belong to the families of ambassadors or foreign ministers accredited to the Government of the United States, but will include every other class of persons. Well, of course. I would have guessed the same. Unless he's a wigger.
LOL
"Every Person born within the limits of the United States, and subject to their jurisdiction, is by virtue of natural law and national law a citizen of the United States. This will not, of course, include persons born in the United States who are foreigners, aliens, who belong to the families of ambassadors or foreign ministers accredited to the Government of the United States, but will include every other class of persons. My eyes! "Every Person born within the limits of the United States, and subject to their jurisdiction, is by virtue of natural law and national law a citizen of the United States. This will not, of course, include persons born in the United States who are foreigners, aliens, who belong to the families of ambassadors or foreign ministers accredited to the Government of the United States, but will include every other class of persons. Gotta love that gansta picture.
"Every Person born within the limits of the United States, and subject to their jurisdiction, is by virtue of natural law and national law a citizen of the United States. This will not, of course, include persons born in the United States who are foreigners, aliens, who belong to the families of ambassadors or foreign ministers accredited to the Government of the United States, but will include every other class of persons. The article is unclear but the photo of the gloved fist (at the above link) shows a sap glove. Sap gloves are weighted with lead (as are saps, slap jacks and blackjacks) and intended to break facial bones and shatter ribs when used by cops on "violent or uncooperative refuseniks". In my state (which borders the People's Catholic Diocese of Maryland where this incident allegedly took place) the major hospitals employ security that are constables who don't wear sidearms but do carry batons and chemical agents, and they may carry sap gloves. (sap gloves are illegal for ordinary rent-a-cops in most states) I don't know if this is the case in MD or if the security thugs in the article simply gloved up in black uniform gloves to protect their hands from vicious cuts caused by broken teeth. I know that I carry and/or wear black leather gloves for the same reason about 7 months a year for this reason. As a musician I'm very concerned about protecting my hands. And, I found that when those late night loafers and scumbags who menace the public outside convenience stores and gas stations see me pulling the gloves on tight as I approach, they often turn away to remove their "targets of opportunity" in case I'm planning to knock their teeth out. I take great pleasure in turning the intimidation tables on them. This is a "FYI" and no reply is required or expected.
Excellent. (wiki) in 2000 the racial makeup of the town was 51.54% White, 45.06% African American, Since they breed like rats, I bet they are the majority by now. I bet the hospital administrator is a nigger too. Not too many white medical professionals are stupid enough to promise anyone their drugs of choice like that stupid c### (guess...) did. I'd like to know what his name tag said, since he said it was a womans name. .
Click for Privacy and Preparedness files I've listened to preachers I've listened to fools I've watched all the dropouts Who make their own rules One person conditioned to rule and control The media sells it and you live the role ~Ozzy Osbourne: Crazy Train
Hospital employees are more dangerous than police pigs. They act like Nazis and are protected and served by those in the ruling class.
#2. To: christine (#0)
#3. To: christine (#0)
'Hell no, he don't come up in here and be telling us..."
Lord Acton
OsamaBinGoldstein posted on 2010-05-25 9:39:59 ET (2 images) Reply Trace
#4. To: christine, Original_Intent, Lod, Esso, Jethro Tull, wudidiz, abraxas (#0)
Defendant Scott replied, 'Hell no, he don't come up in here and be telling us what the fuck to do!'"
Senator Jacob Howard, Co-author of the citizenship clause of the 14th Amendment, 1866.
#5. To: farmfriend (#4)
#6. To: christine, Original_Intent, Lod, Esso, Jethro Tull, wudidiz, abraxas (#0)
The Wheelers seek $3.2 million in compensatory damages and $9.5 million in punitive damages for assault and battery, false imprisonment and infliction of emotional distress.
Senator Jacob Howard, Co-author of the citizenship clause of the 14th Amendment, 1866.
#7. To: christine (#0)
#8. To: abraxas, christine (#7)
Prepping patients for Obama care.
Senator Jacob Howard, Co-author of the citizenship clause of the 14th Amendment, 1866.
#9. To: farmfriend (#4)
Defendant Scott replied, 'Hell no, he don't come up in here and be telling us what the fuck to do!'"
Why would an obviously faked video of a plane hitting the WTC be aired on International news? Why wouldn't they just use a real video of the plane?
#10. To: wudidiz (#9)
jk
Senator Jacob Howard, Co-author of the citizenship clause of the 14th Amendment, 1866.
#11. To: farmfriend (#10)
Why would an obviously faked video of a plane hitting the WTC be aired on International news? Why wouldn't they just use a real video of the plane?
#12. To: farmfriend (#10)
Why would an obviously faked video of a plane hitting the WTC be aired on International news? Why wouldn't they just use a real video of the plane?
#13. To: All (#12)
Why would an obviously faked video of a plane hitting the WTC be aired on International news? Why wouldn't they just use a real video of the plane?
#14. To: All (#13)
Why would an obviously faked video of a plane hitting the WTC be aired on International news? Why wouldn't they just use a real video of the plane?
#15. To: farmfriend (#10)
Why would an obviously faked video of a plane hitting the WTC be aired on International news? Why wouldn't they just use a real video of the plane?
#16. To: wudidiz (#15)
Senator Jacob Howard, Co-author of the citizenship clause of the 14th Amendment, 1866.
#17. To: wudidiz (#11)
Unless he's a wigger.
Senator Jacob Howard, Co-author of the citizenship clause of the 14th Amendment, 1866.
#18. To: wudidiz (#12)
Senator Jacob Howard, Co-author of the citizenship clause of the 14th Amendment, 1866.
#19. To: christine, all (#0)
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"At this point the two officers put on black padded gloves in front of Mr. Wheeler and defendant Scott started to hit his fist against his own hand and moved closer in proximity to Wheeler's face. Defendant Scott appeared angry and agitated."
#20. To: farmfriend, all (#4)
What are the odds defendant Scott is black?
#21. To: christine (#0)
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