Last week I took my 1 year old baby girl to the Emergency room at Newark Beth Israel. The staff at the ER treated us wonderfully, she was well taken care of. Then we were informed that her wrist was broken, and she would need a cast. A orthopedic resident doctor introduced himself to us and informed us that he would be doing it himself. We were also escorted out of the room because we were told that the parent might intervene and not let the doctors get the work done, how ever I still kept my eyes on her through the curtain. Then came the time to use a saw to cut her cast, my daughter was SCREAMING in agonizing pain but we were reassured by BOTH resident doctors that this was normal, she was just scared because the saw was loud and the vibrations were making her uncomfortable. A week later I took her to her follow up appointment at the clinic for the hospital. The doctor who attended us was confused as to why they put a cast on her when it was not necessary, they proceeded to remove her cast. When the cast was removed SHE HAD 3RD DEGREE BURNS THAT WERE CAUSED BY THE SAW THAT THEY USED IN THE EMERGENCY ROOM. They showed us a metal plate that is suppose to be placed to prevent these burns from happening, a plate was NEVER placed on my daughter.I can not believe that they allowed this to happen to my daughter. Not only did they make her suffer by putting on a cast that she did not need, they also burned her arm! We are angry, heart broken, and appalled. Appalled that these so called “doctors” would put a one year old baby through this. Appalled that not once were we seen by an attending physician but only by residents who clearly didn’t know what they were doing, not one resident but TWO.The negligence at this hospital is absolutely unacceptable.
