Here, we are 6 years later. In the last 6 years, I have had too many horrid experiences at OSF…read morefacilities. Other, than this 1 interaction, it was better than merely acceptable, this situation oozed healing. OSF has convinced me that there is no standard of care, being adhered to at their hospitals; that could possibly be trusted to contribute to one's health. Many of their practices are deceptive, untruthful and certainly possible of aspirating health problems. I have have complained to the advocate's office,I have written letters to the president of the hospital. I have contacted my health insurance carrier and filed a report with Blue Cross Blue shield, expressing my disappointment in their lack lack of professionalism, the staff's failure to provide me with any rational reason that my complaint wasn't being properly addressed. I was held in the emergency room for possibly an hour at the most, no testing was performed and then instructed to go home and to use ibuprofen and Tylenol. When it was apparent that after doing that for two days, there was no resolution of my medical situation. I was running a fever and my body had erupting blisters. They did nothing productive, instructing me to continue the protocol that I have been using for 2 days, after being informed that I was steadily getting worse, more pain, swelling, fever and increased oozing blisters. This situation continued for sometime; I saw other doctors from OSF and hit various reactions from them as well. Oh, let me not forget; I did pay for an emergency room visit, that lasted 1 hour and I received not so much, as a urine test. 3 days later, I made an appointment with a dermatologist working in Peoria IL, she made it obvious, that she had no desire to examine and/or diagnosed me. After she walked into the examining room she took one look and told me that she couldn't treat me because it appeared my eczema (she saw that on my intake sheet) had flared up and she can't prescribe pain medication for eczema. I don't believe there isn't any type of medical cream or salve that could perhaps relieve the stinging/burning, that I was enduring at that time. I think even a medical student would have been observant enough to realize that maybe there was something else, going on with my condition and the prudent thing to do, would be to proceed with some type of skin or cell collection. I felt totally persecuted, feeling that I was being treated, with such contempt by denying me concern and compassion is this the mission of Christian hospitals. Where are the nuns? Is this, where no compassion exist and people can be expected to endure torturous pain and suffer such a lack of interest, by those who we pay to provide us, with medical services. By, requesting that some doctors self-examine, and consciously make a renewed investment in the profession, that they have chosen, in the field of healing and preserving life. Everyone will need assistance, one way or another. Yet, people go around mistreating others and believing there are no consequences. Heroes, do good because that's who they are, not because someone's watching.
