I was a patient who had a stint placed by Heartcare Midwest. The fact I made it out alive is a miracle and it was not due tot he skills of the doctors and nurses of Heartcare Midwest and OSF in Peoria. To start, I had to wait 9 hours in an emergency room in Peru Illinois before they could arrange a transfer. In 9-hours, I saw the doctor twice. I had people bring my work to me and worked a full day from the emergency room and nobody seemed to care or were concerned. Once finally in Peoria, I had a nurse give me a shot in the stomach with a blood thinner. It was not 10 minutes later, another nurse came in and tried to administer the same shot. I asked her why I was getting two and she seemed surprised I had already had one and then left. It was not 15 minutes later and a third nurse came in to give me the same shot! Does anyone bother to check my chart? I again explained they had given it to me and she also left. The first time they could have killed me because they had no clue! I had four doctors come in and meet with me after the tests. Other than elevated enzymes, they were not sure what was going on. They told my wife and I they would do more tests in the morning, but I would stay the night. Nothing would happen before 8, so she went home. At 6:30 the next morning, they came in and said they were doing a stint and off I went. I did not get to call my wife. After the stint procedure, they informed me I would be able to go home. I asked when I can return to work and the doctor told me the next day. The next day, I worked the entire day and my employer asked me to have a release sent over for my files. When I called them at 4:00 PM, I was told I was not to be at work and I was to be off the rest of the week. I asked point blank and was told wrong information. This was the second time they almost killed me by not knowing what they were doing! They gave me several prescriptions. I questioned the dosage of one of them with the doctor and was told it was correct. I took the prescription to my local pharmacist who immediately questioned the dosage as well. She said there was no way it could be right and called Heartcare Midwest. She was told it was right, so she asked to speak to another doctor. The second also said it was right. She again said she would not fill it without speaking to another doctor. The third doctor finally said she was right and had them change the dosage. The third time could have killed me if not for an alert Pharmacist! To top it off, OSF in Peoria was disgusting. They had me using a urinal. After my first trip to rest room, I informed the nurse that I had gone and the urinal was in the rest room. She did nothing. There were three others in there. By the end of the night, I had filled all three and nobody ever came to empty them or measure them. they obviously did not care. They forgot to bring my lunch order the second day after calling me at 11:00 AM to take it. read more