I will honestly NEVER go into this Hospital for ANYTHING including a Bandaid! I have know for years the care here is NO- CARE at all! On 01/12/2020 at 330 pm I took my husband to the ER as he was in Severe pain and thought he might have cracked a rib . We were triaged quickly telling them he HEARD a pop when he coughed and all needed info.
They took him into one room, left us, came and took him into another room for who knows what reason. As he could barely move , this was painful! They got him quickly for ex-rays and then..... the wait began.
After some time they came and told us they had to send the ex-rays to St Joe"s to be read and they had problems getting them! Are you serious?? It was 330 in the afternoon and NOONE could read ex-rays in the hospital. This is not Little House on the Prairie folks.
So we wait, all the meanwhile my husband cannot stand straight, bend, lie down, sit down, kneel, etc without screaming in pain. NEVER DID ONE person come in and TOUCH HIM- ask questions, evaluate the area, have him move his shirt, watch his motion. NOTHING! I mean ZERO! Is it bruised? NO one asked? Where exactly is the pain? NOPE, NOTHING was asked! We told them in triage he HEARD a POP!
Finally at about 630 they came in and said , no broken bones, Muscle spasm- Ice it , flexerill, ibuprophen. I questioned them. They knew I was Not buying it! I explained the pain was unbearable and he could not WORK. They did not give him a work note either.
The meds given gave him ZERO relief- NONE, Nada, Zero, Zilch. He screamed all night. He could not get in the bed, lay down, lay back, Sleep.
Monday morning we went to his Pa- c in Tecumseh where in 5 minutes he was told he most likely had a hairline fracture of his rib and they do not all show on ex-rays. She simply TOUCHED his side, and looked and did what a DR does in a painful injury. She gave him stronger meds , detailed instructions and he is now resting comfortably.
This ER is A joke! It is no wonder it is commonly called a bandaid station. They stand and chit chat, gossip about patients, read their texts and phones when one even TOLD me when I asked him a ? and apologized for bothering him that he wasn't supposed to be using his phone anyhow!! Seriously? When you need HELP, there is NO feeling you will be HELPED here! He screamed for 8 hours after this visit. I have a video of him. Hire BETTER People and PAY them and they might care enough to work but This "hospital " is NOT and never will be a good hospital even if they are building a new one!!!! New building- same idiots.
D. Mueller , Adrian, MI read more