Re-Mediation

Last week, my attorney and I were in a second mediation with N.side hospital. We had gone through one mediation process last summer. At the moment, we're still set for trial this fall.

Before signing with my current attorney, another attorney advised that I could go several routes (besides finding someone to take the case). The routes advised were: Contact the Agency for Health Care Administration (AHCA); protest on the sidewalk in front of the hospital (as long as it was not on hospital grounds or interfering with traffic or business); and start a blog. I was advised that if I did start a blog, I should simply state the truth without any embellishments.

So...I contacted AHCA. They were at the hospital in a relatively short period of time; what they found was not good.

As far as protesting in front of the hospital, that did not appear to be an option I was willing to do. While it may have turned some people away, gotten approval from "the common person" (you and me) and aggravated those in charge at the hospital, I didn't think at the time that it would get the message across to the widest number of people.

The blog idea, though, is a good one. Throughout this blog, I have simply stated the truth. I know what I observed. I have had no reason to embellish or misconstrue the truth. Embellishments and outright lies would only harm my case in many ways: it would damage my credibility; it would make the rest of what I said suspect; it would hurt those who the lies were against; it would be 100% wrong. Add to that that the facts of this case are bad enough...Why would I do that?

The truth has been told all along and needs to be heard. I'm sure that those who have contacted me with their own horror stories of N.side would agree.