We contracted with Medical Transport Services anticipating a more comfortable transport for my mother. Neither in any of my multiple conversations with the company or on the website do they disclose the extent of the extremely rough ride that this type of vehicle provides. We were misled by the perception that this was a Mercedes line vehicle and the comfort that Mercedes typically brings in their vehicles. The ride was so rough my mother was sore for two days, if she had been experiencing one of her bad days with pain this ride would have been excruciating for her. There needs to be some type of disclosure on your website that brings awareness to potential clients that this is not a smooth ride, it is extremely rough, much more than a typical passenger car. The website promotes a bathroom on board, however, we were told it is not usable. Most distressing was that I was told that all food and drink would be provided for my mother. I called three times specifically to talk about the food with the staff and was told each time that this all would be taken care of by your company, that I did not have to bring any food at all on board. I was told they would coordinate with the senior living facility and with Hospice to meet her dietary needs and provide all her food and drink during the 10 hour trip. The only thing on the entire trip she was offered was mashed potatoes! After three conversations with your staff about her needs, the only food was mashed potatoes? Our departure time was early AM, I was told three times that Medical Transport Services would coordinate her breakfast with the senior living facility, I was told that Medical Transport will bring her breakfast from the facility on the transport if she does not have time to eat it. I asked, do I need to call the facility to coordinate, I was told no, the Medical Transport Company will do that. She did not get breakfast at the facility and she was offered no breakfast on the transport. We paid a very high price for this transportation and received an alarmingly uncomfortable ride and no food. I contacted the office after the trip and I spoke to Ashley who did not offer any concern for our experience, she said she would look into it and call me back. She never called back. I also reached out to Randy Cherry who said he would get back to me and never did.
We can't change what happened on this trip, but we feel some sort of compensation in the price we paid for this trip is due as well as changes to the website to bring clarity to how rough this transport is. I'd really like to at least be able to give feedback to others in our connected ALS/PLS community, the feedback that this company at least listened to our concerns and did what they could to provide compensation but they did not. read more