UPDATE TO FOLLOWING REVIEW:
Was contacted after emailing by VSC owner and she was great. She acknowledged my situation as something she would neither want to experience nor have her business remembered by. Her apology was sincere and professional and has left me with a much better taste in my mouth about continuing with their services. It remains to be seen over the next while how the finished outcome will be, but I am hopefully optimistic. will see if future stars are earned.
To whom it may concern, preferably the OWNER of Valley Sleep Centers,
I am a recent patient at your Glendale facility and have some things to complain about, to say the least.
I was scheduled to have my sleep study done on the evening of March 1st at 845 pm check in time. I live out in the Goodyear/Buckeye region of the valley so the drive in is 45 minute and 33 miles. I left my home at 8 pm and arrived at the facility at 845. I was not told what side of the building to come to, so I came to the side I had parked on at my initial visit. I stood at the door banging loudly on it for several minutes to no avail.
I then called the only number you offer your clients, which went to voice mail. As I was standing there I got a call from my husband who was wondering if the facility had gotten a hold of me, when my other line chimed in from the woman inside the building. I said "thank goodness...I've been pounding on the door to get in" when she cut me off to inform me my study was cancelled for the night due to an employee not showing up for his shift and that policy dictates she cannot handle more than two patients at a time on her own.
To say I was upset was an understatement. I was left with no choice but to drive home and await a new appt time.
When I did get the call, I was scheduled for the next available time of March 14th at 845. At the end of getting it scheduled I was slapped with the scolding/threat of a 200.00 cancellation fee should I not CALL IN TIME TO MAKE ANY CHANGES. Really?! Does that mean you people owe me something for cancelling on me?!! Of course not.....
Called the afternoon of my study to CONFIRM my study wouldn't suffer the previous experience and was assured all was well...see you at 845.
Arrived, was treated very kindly and professionally and with all the respect I had been missing in my earlier experience.
Set up went fine, made myself comfortable using the power lift feature of the bed (as that is how I normally sleep at home, raised up slightly) and told my tester I normally am up late into the evening and could not be expected to just turn out the light and fall asleep. Was given the okay to watch TV with the sleep button set up to drift off with....after I had to lower the bed...which is not how I sleep...and no, I couldn't use a third pillow under my head...but go ahead and roll over to your side, flip flop all you want....but that's NOT HOW I SLEEP and I'm strapped to a wall with electrodes....(Deep sigh, see where I'm going with this?)
Was then interrupted at my last awake moments to have another air hose shoved up my nostrils ALONG WITH THE MEASUREMENT ONES and told good night.
Look....I am no stranger to hospital stays, wires, equipment and the other things that get in the way of a restful sleep, so as uncomfortable as all that was, I can hack it and I did.
Now onto my second half of my complaint.
I received a call last Friday to schedule me for a meeting with the Sleep Specialist to go over my study results. I told them It was getting to be too much for me to continue to travel on a whim, so I would appreciate having a phone consultation with the Dr to go over results BEFORE having to travel again. Was told by the "head person" she thought that could be arrange and she's call me on Monday to let me know if it was a go. Thanked her for her efforts and kindness and told her I await her call.
Then the phone rang today. It was from Melissa calling to schedule me for my sleep study.
MY SLEEP STUDY!!!!
I told her I already did the study last weekend and that I'm awaiting a call from the Dr. to discuss findings. She told me this is a SECOND NECESSARY study to fit me for my equipment.
FIT ME FOR EQUIPMENT!?! I haven't even received the courtesy of a DIAGNOSIS yet!!!!
She tells me that the Dr will never see you until afterwards....and I cut her off due to the well of anger and frustration about ready to SPEW FORTH FROM ME!!!
Reiterated the ENTIRE scenario to her over the phone to which I get a curt "I'm sorry, but..."
I now am sitting at home wasting my day expecting a call I really have NO FAITH will come to me today.
Why in the name of all common sense would I let ANY of you people touch me again?!
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