Im leaving this review a little late, however my experience at this hospital has traumatized me and stuck with me for the last year. DO NOT COME HERE!!!! I understand there are circumstances (such as mine) where you need emergent care, but still, if I had the same medical emergency I would make the 30 min drive to TMC instead.
I collapsed in my home 1 year ago due to extreme abdominal pain, I vomitted and could barely move. Fortunately, I have a high pain tolerance and was able to manage the pain for as long as it took for someone to get home to drive me to the ER. Upon arriving, I was instructed to wait because I was not considered urgent?????????? Ok so I waited for maybe 20 minutes which wasn't too bad but felt like forever. I was bent over in a fetal position groaning because of the pain. They finally took my vitals and placed me in a room with nothing but a curtain blocking me from the people next to me.
To my left was an elderly couple who was there for a blood test. Across from me was a mother and her daughter. Rest of room was packed with clearly non-emergent cases (in my opinion but who knows).
In the room, I was screaming, vomitting, crying, and EMBARRASSED because I was making everyone so uncomfortable. The couple next to me ended up leaving because they could not bare to listen to me (sooo understandable). After 30 minutes of feeling like I was dying in this room, they finally ordered a CT.
My doctor came in (Nicki) with a blanket draped across her shoulders and with no care in the world lol. Only time I saw her and our conversation was so irrelevant I dont even remember. Everyone else was kind (especially the ct tech) but the doctor had no compassion or even attempted to help.
Before CT they prescribed me painkiller that would only work on a fetus, had absolutely NO effect on me. I was yelling in pain the entire time, even the tech noted "The meds should be kicking in by now thats weird youre in so much pain"
After ALL OF THIS, I get sent home told that its "just my period" and i was just having cramps. I WASNT EVEN ON MY PERIOD LMFAO WHAT????? In what world is it normal to collapse and vomit persistently due to "normal period cramps"
This visit had then followed with 1month of persistant bleeding, had an ultrasound with my doctor 1 week after this ER visit and they noted a huge cyst on my ovary and free fluid.
Got surgery and ended up having severe endometriosis, internal bleeding, and many cysts that were causing the pain.
This experience genuinely traumatized me, and after some time I realized the ignorance and lack of empathy that the staff here have. I feel horrible for the other patients I was placed with. Never, IN MY LIFE, will I return to this hospital. If I can not trust them to administer proper medication and perform the necessary exams, then how could I trust them with more emergent situations?? I would rather risk harm driving to TMC than to be mistreated here again read more