DR. Brackett (pictured) is a great Doc., but no longer at Sutter Jackson. There is a hack surgeon (Endicott) that everybody needs to BEWARE of ! SA contacts ER services @ Sutter-Amador. It may be a good financial move for the Hospital, but a bad one for patients.
I had ER surgery on my hand there. I requested that they release me, after numbing and immobilizing my hand, and waiting in the hallway of the ER for almost 2 hrs. because all of the rooms were being used to treat CONVICTS (I mean "inmates") ??
Dr.Endicott informed me that IF I left the ER, and did not agree to surgery at Sutter, MediCal would not cover the costs ?
I addressed this issue with SA mgmt. and SH (Ann Platt) in an attempt to have corrective surgery performed there, by a more competent Ortho Hand Surgeon, but they declined to do the surgery. This after a "review: I had 2 Ortho Dr's (they work for SA ?) tell me, in writing , that the surgery was not done correctly, and needs corrective surgery ASAP.
Fortunately, after 8 months of dealing with these clowns, I found a Hospital (Barton ,SL Tahoe) an Ortho Dr. I had an appt. with him last week, he scheduled surgery this week, arranged a PT Hand specialist....GREAT Hospital and Staff !
If you aren't bleeding to death ? I would suggest driving right by Sutter-Amador ! Dignity (Mark Twain) is 20 minutes down the road.
*** BEWARE of Sutter-Amador, and esp. this "Dr." read more