Care here is definitely lacking in the hospital. Husband admitted to the 5th floor on a Thursday morning and they slow rolled him through the weekend. Bedding only changed one time in 5 days! Surgeon keeps telling him he should be discharged Sunday, then Monday, still not discharged yet. He is completely independent and is not dependent for anything at this point. The RNs were very good although one at first time of treatment didn't know he was NPO. Really, read the chart or the wall before you treat him! Type of care is mediocre at best. If we have a choice, will not return here! read more

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Our family is so grateful to Dr Z Shakir, Dr Norma Ramey, Dr Mohideen Baqhar , Dr Mark Dixon, Dr Ahuja Keerat , Nurse Kim Cunningham, Nurse Rachel Stofko, Nurse Noé Rodriguez ... and the entire ICU team. My husband, just returned home after a successful ICD procedure. The expertise and compassion shown to him were world-class. It is a miracle to see him recovering so well. Thank you for your amazing hard work and for treating us with such kindness. Highly recommended! " read more

I was admitted in 12/11/25. I was in the 3rd floor under Dr Choudry and his residents Dr. Reddy and Dr. Singla. I've been in and out of hospitals for the past 20 years. I've never felt so much at ease than I did with them. Their bedside care are impecable. For the first time in 20 years I felt seen and heard. My PCP is also part of Northwest Health and I can't say enough good things about him. But these three doctors were on top of everything. Always communicating. Making me feel better. I suffer from terrible CPTSD and they went above and beyond to make sure I was doing well and better. In the past I never liked this hospital due to previous experiences but now, thanks to Drs. Choudry, Reddy and Singla I will go back again and again. If I find their practice or specialty I will go to them without any hesitation. Hospital impecable clean. Nurses empathetic and techs always asking if there's anything I needed. Best experience of my life. read more

Northwest Health - Porter - Hospitals Near Me - Valparaiso, Indiana

One star review reflecting on our experience after our dad passed away at this hospital. He passed TWO WEEKS AGO today, and we still don't have a signed death certificate because the attending physician(s) is refusing to sign it. Despite repeated calls from both our family and the funeral home, no one at the hospital has taken responsibility or provided a clear solution. The funeral home and his family cannot carry forward his final wishes until a certification is received. This senseless delay has caused extra stress and sorrow during an already painful time (especially knowing he is resting in the refrigerated holding area, not at home with his family). Families should not have to fight for basic documentation while grieving. The lack of communication and urgency is absolutely unacceptable. read more

Shocking complete lack of patient care! My friend had major back surgery and after 3 days nobody: Washed her body, fixed her hair, changed her bedding or gown, cleaned her room or emptied her trash. On the third day I asked a nurse for fresh bedding and gown, clean washcloths and towels and trash can liners and I took care of my friend. My friend never saw housekeeping or a "CNA" during her entire 4 day stay and was thrilled when she was finally discharged. I'm shocked that a patient with a 5 inch incision starting at her tailbone would not be WASHED EVERY DAY! Disappointing, disgusting and disturbing. read more

This is one of the biggest "For Profit" hospitals there is. My mother was in and out of this hospital because it was the closest one, we did not have a choice in sending her anywhere else in the event of a medical emergency. My mom passed a couple of weeks ago and Northwest Porter made her worse and worse each time she had to go. They would leave her unattended for hours at a time with her call light on, she would even have to call out for someone to come help her, but no one would answer her cries. She got severe bedsores that ended up incredibly infected because she would need her pants to be changed and no one would answer her call light or come into the room. The bedsores were so deep you could see and feel bone. This hospital is a liability and incredibly neglectful. Please do not send your loved ones here if you want them to get decent care. The nurses and Drs are there for paychecks, not because they care. I should not have been getting calls from my crying mom saying no one will come help her. They also gave her an unnecessary brain scan and when they put the stickers on her head, they left her hair matted and covered in a sticky mess. I am trained to deal with this kind of hair, and it took me hours to detangle the mess they made, and she still ended up with bald spots. DO YOUR'E JOBS. There is no patient care here! read more

Dr. CHAPALA is very unprofessional. How is one a doctor but refuses to see a patient with a service dog? The staff is unethical as well. Thinking it would be OK to start an argument about the dog and then demand my husband to take the dog outside, in front of everyone in the waiting area. 0 stars from me. Communication? What's Communication? Forced to give 1 star! read more

Worst care ever. Er wait time was unacceptable. My elderly fatherinlaw sat in the waiting room for hours late at night with no care and nobody was even concerned. read more

Horrible GP who was extremely rude and presumptuous without actually looking at any medical history or hearing me out. Made huge assumptions regarding my health issues, made unrealistic expectations such as no drinking water past 4 PM, and made health assumptions that my blood tests disproved. Outrageously unhelpful, fatphobic, and sexist. Will not be coming back and hope that GP gets a better attitude or finds a new career path altogether - no way to deal with clients or people at all. Go anywhere else. read more

My husband is having neck surgery and needed to get some pre-op lab work done. He went to the facility in Portage yesterday. He was there for over an hour and wasn't even registered in all that time. He finally left because he was so mad. So, he went to the facility in Valparaiso today, hoping it'd be quicker. Nope! He was there even longer. He was there for an hour and a half. I called them and was transferred to the director of the lab, but he didn't answer so I had to leave a message. My husband finally came out to the car. He finally got the lab work done. On the way home, the director called me back twice. The first time, he said he'd look into it. The second time he told me that my husband had only been there for about an hour and 15 minutes, which was a lie. Then he said that the lab had a large group of people come in all at once. My husband said that there were only 5 people there, so the large group was also a lie. We will NEVER go back to the place, and we'll definitely tell everyone we know not to go there! There is no excuse for this!! read more

In April I had no choice but to go to the emergency room with a female issue that escalated. In the seven hours I was there I was never asked about prior issues, medication or seen a specialist. They treated me like I was drug seeking. I was begging for someone to help me. So two shots, one CT scan and 7 hours later I was told nothing was wrong with me and sent home with IBS medicine. Needless to say I had to go to by gynecologist the next day and had to have a minor surgery. When I sent letters to the hospital I, finally got a response both registered. They ignored my information for charges for items I did not get on my bill and confirmed that all charges were correct and that they will do better next time. Well, this time was $18,000 TG my portion was $1000 plus but it is still unreal. And the person that read the CT scan and said everything looked normal? They need to get a different job because if they looked normal then I would have had all my organs still inside my body as I have had several removals. My private doctor did not agree. I can't believe that this hospital's emergency room has gotten so terrible. Just 3 weeks ago my neighbor gave birth in the ER off to the side when the lady at the counter told her to have a seat even though she was told by my neighbor she was crowing. And that was a second one within a month. DO BETTER NORTHWEST PORTER! read more

THE WORST! My mom waited the entire day for a some water & a new IV in the ER. HORRIBLE service. They may be overwhelmed but to not bring any water and she's coughing & gagging read more

Waited 8 hours in the waiting room wasn't even busy asked the girl at the desk what's taking so long , her reply was it's Friday the 13th. Finally got a room nurse could not find my vein, stabbed my arms several times before finding someone else to do it for an iv. Had MRI done, Dr was very vague and didn't mention anything about my urin test or blood work results. I had to ask him questions. I still have pain today, I feel he doesn't know or care what's wrong. This place should be shut down. Oh ya the nurse first put an iv in my wife instead of me. Wtf anyone know a good lawyer read more

I wouldn't give this place any Stars !!! My Father went there for breathing issues and his heart was racing and the next thing was they said he had Covid but his heart was main concern, they admitted him only to be treated horrendously!! One nurse shoved pill in his mouth and then shoved a bottle to pee in in his face and was told use it instead of helping him to bathroom! He pressed button for nurse and finally called hospital operator to call nurses station and ask them to come to his room 1hour and fourth minutes later they came and were mad he didn't want to use bottle and wanted help with wires and poles to use bathroom!! They were livid he wanted help to use bathroom!!! They didn't help him wash up or help him change his clothes for 5 days and only then because his daughter demanded them helping him!! They lied repeatedly to him, his daughter, and other family members! They cut him off food and brought him cup of cold soup and orange juice because that's all kitchen had!!! They told him he had to choose between rehab places or rehab nursing home with no explanation he thought daughter was putting him there , they called her demanding he be placed in rehab and that he couldn't go home because he wouldn't get 24 hour care, and that his nephew already agreed to it, HE DOESNT HAVE A NEPHEW!!!! His discharge papers explained nothing and his prescriptions weren't called in right at all ! They told him phones weren't working one day major outage (was a complete LIE) a procedure he was going to have was never explained and was told he'd have to lie completely still for six hours after and then they laughed when he said what about having to pee and they said bet you'll wish for bottle huh?? They violated his hippa rights several times and once talked poorly about him outside his room with daughter standing next to them ignoring her to complain about him not knowing it was his daughter nor caring apparently! They treated a 90 year old man with no respect or dignity, compassion or empathy, and I wouldn't recommend anyone take a loved one to a hospital that covers up poor treatment with lies and deceit!!! Their values were not met nor strived for in any way shape or form!!! Not surprisingly most staff members working there wouldn't even consider treatment there!! No stars given and never EVER GOING THERE NOR WOULD I RECOMMEND IT TO ANYONE!!! read more

This hospital is a rip off. They charged $121,968.70 for an overnight stay after a Angioplasty. this is outrageous. How do they get away with charging this exuberant amount? read more

Lefty 5 year old in agony for 5 hours with one visit to the room. After he vomited and seized I was told the Dr would be there as soon as he could. Apparently 5 hrs he couldn't make it to even order a test. I grabbed my son and flew to Chesterton Franciscan. In a qtr of the time they had him out of pain, IV , labs , spinal puncture and transported to children's Chicago hospital in less than 2.5 hours . My son had meningitis . If we had waited any longer at this poor excuse for an ER he wouldn't be here. I wouldn't take a dog or a dead body to porter regional ER read more

My dad went in. I know this is a little late in time. We've been busy. My parents have gotten really bad with their health and I haven't had the chance to really say anything but my father was in there August 9 and these people are very ignorant on trying to take care of people. I heard now that they're in the hospital is actually closing. I hope the hell it does. They did not take care of my father? They did not walk him around like they said they would. They didn't even put them. They put them on a leg machine one day, one in the time when he was there and then the last Day. My father was in there for 10 days and we tried to get somebody to come to turn on the leg machine luckily, I already knew how they're very incompetent of people that work there should not have a job. Hats off to the nurse that took care of my dad and got after all the other nurses she was the head nurse. She was really good. That's just one out of a lot of them but I am going to the director about it, it is totally unprofessional. I heard that they were closing and changing names again. The nurses seem to think they know everything they don't because their thermostats don't work. We were told by a lady who works there in another department and I'm gonna bring this to the director that she told us that a year after the building was built the thermostats stopped working and that was when it was Porter Regional, so to get the thermostat to work you have to call maintenance or you could call the front desk and have them switch you to maintenance Because the imbeciles they call themselves nurses want to treat you like an you're an imbecile yourself like we don't know anything because one of the nurses they probably all do this tried to tell me "oh I'll fix it for you" and it doesn't do anything I told her that straight to her face was she trying to pull some BS on me I already know and she still went up to the thermostat act alike whatever and then walked away like I already told her. I know it doesn't work, so why are you doing this. The fact of the point is is that my dad was sitting there for the 10 days and they did nothing to exercise him. They didn't take him out of the room and walk him around and they just didn't want to do their job. read more

December 12, 2018 7:10 am chest pain started. Well for better or worse, we are hear with a cardiac alert. I hope to be able to tell you about the service after this visit. Arrival patient # 6367622 First, I note that no one offered a wheel chair to someone complaining of chest pains or dizziness. I would think this is SOP. Second, after being admitted, triaged, and tucked into a bed, 10 minutes without seeing anyone. Tucked in at 8:57. Third, they failed to hook up the auto timed BP monitor so that when it went off 10 minutes later, it was hanging on the wall. Called the staff at 9:12 to advise them and several minutes later no one has arrived. Still no doctor or nurse until 9:14. Allison showed up. Update to our board upon our request. Dr Hamburg 9:16am arrives with two others and Allison leaves. Dana here. Says EKG is normal. Asks some questions left to say no worries we will work you up on cardiac issues and see what we see. This is NOT against LuLu. She was everything she is supposed to be. Everything needed to unobtrusively get a patient who is concerned about dying to sign papers in under a few minutes that took a team of lawyers months to draft. These documents are NOT to help you. They are to help the hospital by taking away your rights under the law. Laws made by our society to protect us and balance that protection with concern for the hospital already factored in. But I digress. 9:18 LuLu arrives to get emergency contact info from me, my telephone number, (no mention of any use of my number for an robo dialer or collection agent.) Lulu then has my wife sign all sorts of papers which would have taken me 20-30 minutes to fully read and some people hours. Lulu is friendly, and so she goes through each page of these forms in a one liner glossary fashion, (because the patient would die before finishing if they were fully explained.) So while I didn't read these papers and none of the papers were left with us as patients, I can only assume no mention of waiving our 7th amendment rights means it is in the fine print. LuLu leaves at 9:22 (4 minute total visit.) 9:32 techs arrive to do chest x ray Make her sign some form "them saying no pregnancy." Not read just signed. So it is now 9:48 and I am wondering if this hospital would be one I would want to be in with a heart attack. Nothing obvious is wrong with this place. The ER room we are in is clean and looks to be fully equipped. Tech comes in at 10:24 to do another EKG. I ask why no stent or IV installed. Asked for water also. Tech leaves at 10:27. 11:00 repeat - Triponen test - no change in pain upon movement --- 11:20 nurse ashley comes in and does another DD. 11:49 discharged Not bad. read more

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They do not clean and sanitize patient rooms but they enforce masks for everyone like that replaces cleaning. My family member went through a long surgery and was given a dirty room. Then we went to the cafeteria and it's CLOSED! it's supposed to be open until 7pm. What the heck is going on? Do better Northwest! read more

I felt that every person I interacted with was genuinely kind and compassionate, thorough in their job and follow up, gracious in their interactions with me. I am so grateful this hospital exists where it does for an emergency that I experienced. read more

Not sure why you spend so much time ahead of lab work pre-registering or scheduling lab appointments when it doesn't streamline the process at all. NW Health used to be the only game in town so they have let things slide. Very glad to have other options in the future. read more

I have been to this ER twice now. I never had to wait very long. The staff was friendly & accommodating, always concerned with your well-being. Both times I encountered an American/English speaking doctor. No offense, but I do not like ER's that only employee those barely able to speak English. Clear language is important when interacting with one's patients. I have also been to the cancer treatment center here a few times. Nicest people you could meet. The staff is friendly & attentive. They explain everything they are doing and why they are doing it. The setting is quite comfortable with reclining chairs & TV's at each station. I'm glad to have them in our area & appreciate all that the doctors & nurses do here. read more

I would only go to this hospital if I was transported there in an unconscious state. It is poorly run. They canceled my foot surgery twice in the past 10 days at the last minute. My surgery that was scheduled for today was canceled late afternoon due to insufficient surgery staffing for today. Not very reassuring for those needing surgery today. read more

I don't even know where to start honestly. I just gave birth to my first child via unexpected C-section. I was terrified to get a c section but my nurses were beyond Amazing . Ms Kelly ( charge nurse) and Ms. Marissa were my biggest supporters. You would have thought they were one of my family members! They both walked me thru every step, communicating every procedure is the simplest ways. Ms. Joan my lactation nurse was so motivating and encouraging. Their bedside manner is top notch and should be the standard in EVERY hospital. My experience could have been so traumatizing, but these three women put me at ease and reassured me that everything was going to be OK. Ms Kelly,Ms. Marissa, and Ms. Joan if either of you read this review, I want you to know that I am eternally grateful to you both for the experience you gave me. I truly have a place in my heart for you all three of you! read more

The very worse ER. Last year my husband had a biopsy that caused multiple strokes. He spent 24 hours in an ER holding room with no professional staff addressing his symptoms. If I had not caused a stink they would have never reacted, he was finally admitted into the hospital. Fast forward to this year, I broke my arm. My sister had to cause a stink with the nurse to get me some immediate pain relief. The ER doctor spent maybe 1 minute with me. They sent my pain medication to the wrong pharmacy, put me in a cheap sling and sent me home with paperwork instructions including follow up with an orthopedic. The total lack of concern and care is alarming. It's too bad because the people that work there are nice. A little bit more care would go a long way. read more

If I could give less than one star I would. Let's start with the fact that I came in with a fractured ankle and they had no pillows with which to elevate my foot. There was no wristband indicating I was a fall risk, neither was there any indication on the board in my room. The power went off and came right back on several times during my stay there. Rather unnerving. I was assured that it was just maintenance "testing the generator". What if I had been trying to get up to go to the bathroom when the lights suddenly went out? Speaking of going to the bathroom, the door to the bathroom closes automatically. You have to hold it open as you try to walk through it. An interesting feat when you're trying to push a wheelchair, which, by the way, does not fit through the bathroom doorway. The bars that are there to hold on to are about 5 ft away from the doorway, and not very helpful. When I did get up to go to the bathroom, the nurse who was supposed to be assisting me placed yourself in a position where she couldn't possibly assist me. My friend actually took me to the bathroom, not medical personnel. She helped me get up out of the chair and hobble on my good foot into the bathroom and then reverse the process to come back to the room. A disposable ice pack was placed on my injured ankle shortly after I arrived. It lasted about a half hour and was never replaced with a fresh one. The ER doc, when I asked him what was wrong with my foot, just said, "you broke something". They splinted my foot, gave me crutches and discharged me. It had been a while since I'd walked on crutches so I suggested that I take a walk down the hall to the bathroom before leaving. The nurse initially began walking with me. Then after about 30 seconds I looked to my side and she was gone. I basically made the walk to the bathroom myself. But of course I couldn't do a whole lot when I got to the door because it was closed and I was on crutches. So do I let go of the crutches to open the door? Fortunately somebody was at the desk and came to my assistance. When I was done using the facilities I pulled the emergency cord for assistance to get out of the bathroom. After about 10 minutes with no response I hobbled on crutches to the door and stuck my head out. Finally, the nurse who had left me to walk to the bathroom myself came to my aide. We began walking down the hall back toward the room I had been in, and I had to ask for a wheelchair to get to the front entrance. She wanted me to walk on the crutches to the front entrance. During my time there I was never asked what medications I was on. The ER doc wanted to give me Norco, which I did not want to take, and I asked for Tylenol 3 instead. I had to ask him if it would be okay to take that with my medication that I currently take. I can't think of much of anything that was done right while I was there. All of the things I mentioned here are cause for great concern. Had you not contacted me for the survey, I was certainly going to contact the hospital. It is my hope that you will take these concerns seriously and correct the issues. Feel free to contact me should you desire any further information. The owner of the business responded to my review saying they wanted more information and asking me to call their manager. I called their manager. I got her voicemail, left a message, and never heard from her. Guess they don't really care. read more

So Porter hospital is absolutely ridiculous on prices. Porter first 15min $5,304.00 every min after is $168 a MINUTE for Level III room rental fee! RUSH in Chicago is- first HOUR is $5332.00 (key word being HOUR)! Every min after that is only 89$ a min Cyst removed via out patient surgery was $23,000 for 78mins that's just her room rental charges. That doesn't include the surgery or meds or anesthesia. Her total bill was over 30k They are being less helpful! Been trying to call to reach someone and all I get is they aren't in or I can't help. And transfers the call to someone else who also can't help with bill! Porter is such a joke! Just remember your level III surgery will be $353 for the first 15min for room charges. then ever min after that it's 168$ for surgery room fee. That doesn't include the surgery or anything else! read more

They finally offer appointments for blood draws. However, they will not let you make a same day appointment for a blood draw, even if it's a non-fasting one. Before they took appointments, my husband had to wait 1-3 hours every time. When you get to the age where your memory isn't as good, It's difficult to remember on a Friday to schedule a Mon. appointment. I had to have it done that Mon. so my doctor would get my results in time to change my medication dosage, if necessary. They tell you that for a same day test, you must walk in without an appointment. I asked if they would be able to tell me when I walked in how long of a wait there would be. They said they might be able to. They said they could tell me when I get there how many people are ahead of me. Knowing how many are ahead of me may not help. If they say there are 10 people ahead of me, does that mean a 30 min. wait or a 60 min. wait? I don't know how long it takes them per person, so if they can't tell me and I don't have an hour to spare, then I'll need to go elsewhere. So, why get my blood drawn here when there are non-Northwest nearby labs where I only wait 10-15 minutes? read more

awful experience with most staff. some were very nice and actually cared but the doctors and nurses in emergency care and in room watch were awful and very unprofessional. My mother had a blood clot to be found out later, but at that time she asked and was told "I'm not sure what that is" and didn't bother to tell the doctor or even give any sort of need to figure out what it was. thankfully some good doctors else where told us it was a blood clot and if left any longer would have went to the brain and killed my mother. very bad hospital and the bad rep you hear about it is true. read more

This is by far the worst hospital. Drive far if you need to get away from this place. The rooms are dirty and they are completely unorganized. No one knows what they're doing. The staff is rude. You would think a hospital would be cleaner than this. read more

Went to Portage Hospital (PRH). Never asked to provide identification. Never signed for treatment. Doctor violated HIPAA regs by discussing my possible diagnoses and treatment with people unrelated to my health or welfare. She told my friend she gave me steroids and that those would mess with my sugar. NOWHERE IN THE RECORD IS THERE EVIDENCE THAT I RECEIVED STEROIDS. The entire visit was a farce. Since I wasn't signed in (i.e. no legal signature for care), I am assuming I won't get a bill. I want to sue, especially since I called for clarification the next day and the witch that answered the phone dismissed me with, "none of those people that were here last night are here today. You will have to call and get your records. I don't have time for this." Healthcare - the practice of medicine. I am going to sue. read more

Long story short, I couldn't have been luckier or received better care. I owe the Medicaid office an edible arrangement the second I get back to work for fighting on my behalf so hard and everyone did a great job of making my wife and I feel comfortable and safe. If you're going to lose a testicle, this is definitely the spot. That said big praise to whoever moonlights as an aesthetician working in the operating room because you could swear I went to a salon. read more

I don't even want to give This place one star but I have to the only way that my reading my review will be posted my brother was in there for 16 days they poked and prodded him they did several procedures without my permission I am his power of attorney 16 days of me not knowing what's wrong with him them to send him home terminally ill but they still live on hospice and still no one will tell me what's wrong read more

Northwest Health - Porter - My brother went into the hospital with one bedsore and came out with more then 10 - Hospitals Near Me - Valparaiso, Indiana

Steve Evert reviewed Porter Regional Hospital -- 1 star March 12, 2018 · Go there if you wish to die. They almost killed me by giving my body too many fluids and day before i was supposed to go home my lungs filled up with fluid. I had to go to ICU for 3 more days on a breathing machine because of the incompitence. Last time I went to the ER they charge my insurance 18,000 for the 2 hours I was there. How does a place like that get away with rape like that? Has always been the worst hospital in Indiana. Check on porter death rate before you go th... See More 1 Comment read more

Four years ago, this was my experience. I only needed to come to this ER once to know NEVER AGAIN! Don't come here if you're a chronic pain patient in acute pain with every other option and place closed. They will mock you, belittle you, tell you it's all your fault and to go away as there is nothing they can do for you. I could not walk to leave the ER, I struggled down the hallway. A Nice cleaning lady came to me as the nurses were ignoring me and she got a wheelchair for me. A couple of weeks later I attempted suicide. This place needs to be investigated for neglect. Since then I have received real diagnoses and medical treatment from St Mary's Medical Center and Franciscan Alliance. read more

If you don't have an appointment they tell you that you should have one. If you have an appointment the time passes while you wait. It's ridiculous. Don't waste your time. They don't want to work. read more

My Wife was taken by ambulance to Northwest Health - Porter. Before the paramedics took her out of our home to put her in the ambulance she had a diarrhea accident in her Depends. She looked at me in sadness and the paramedics rolled her out to the ambulance. She arrived at the hospital and they immediately gave her a covid test, the pcr test read positive. They put her in an isolation room. She stayed in that room until she was moved to another isolation room that evening, overnight and into the next morning. All this time not one of the hospital's staff cleaned her up, did not give her any water to drink, did not put her in a gown, nor gave her a pillow. I called her early the next morning, she told me she was still in the soiled Depends and she needed to go to the restroom. I told her to call the nurse, she did. The nurse or nurses aid didn't show after more than 10 minutes so my Wife had to take off her dirty Depends and go to the restroom in the small garbage can. The reason for this is because her oxygen cannula and IV hose was too short to reach the restroom. I called the hospital twice that morning of 1-16-22. Both times I had to let the phone ring at the nurses station and the charge nurse station for ten minutes each time and no one picked- up. I called the hospital a third time and the operator connected me, again, to the nurses station. This time a nurse picked up and I told the nurse to please get the paperwork ready, I'm coming to the hospital to take my Wife home. She told me she had to talk to two different doctors before this would transpire. When I arrived at the hospital I went to my Wife's room and waited for the nurse to bring the discharge paperwork. The nurse came into the hospital room about twenty minutes later with the appropriate paperwork so my Wife and I left. When I got her home I cleaned her up and you would not believe the rash my Wife had on her bottom side from the Northwest Health Porter hospital staff's gross neglect. I was finally able to get her rash cleared up today, 1-20-2022. This behavior is opposite to the Northwest Health - Porter hospital's credo where it states: "Putting patients first requires more than medical excellence- it requires care that addresses every aspect of a patient's encounter, including the patient's physical comfort, as well as his or her educational, emotional, and spiritual needs". The hospital's employees did not give my Wife physical comfort, nor did they cater to either my Wife's and my emotional and spiritual needs. This all sounds good on paper as a business pitch but to live it in the practical world takes work with heart behind it. Everyone that worked those days of 1-15-22 and 1-16-22 might want to search introspectively and ask yourself this honest question. "Can I give the physical, educational, emotional, emotional and spiritual needs to every patient I attend to when he or she walks through those doors?" read more

In early 2019, I had a deer tick bite and developed the telltale "bulls-eye rash" a week later that signified Lyme disease. I went to one of Porter Regional Hospital's "CareEXPRESS" walk-in clinics. The "doctor" there said that the bulls-eye rash doesn't show up for weeks after the initial bite. But the CDC says that the typical time for the rash is seven days. So either this "doctor" is a genius (that knows more than the CDC), or he's a quack. read more

Worst hospital in Northwest Indiana. I've had more horrible experiences than good ones as a patient myself, as well as many family members and friends to even get started on discussing them without this either turning into a horror book, or extremely large Rant Article. read more

This is by far the worse healthcare facility that I have been to. From the care received to the billing. I was admitted for pneumonia. I went to the ER with very painful breathing and shortness of breath. I was finally admitted to a room but only after 37 YES 37 tries for an IV placement. Once in a room the hospitalist came by and gave his opinion then another one came later in the day with his opinion which was very different that the first. The next morning I was told I needed to stay at least one more day. Once again another hospitalist came in later in the day and said ok you can go home now. I was still very ill and struggled with the pain for each breath I took. I explained that the doctor that morning said I would need to be there at least another day, the second doctor said well that was his opinion, not mine. Just a bit later the nurse came in and said that I need to leave ASAP as they had already assigned my room to someone else. I didn't even have a ride and was having a hard time finding one on such short notice. Once they started the "discharge" procedure and took my pulse ox it was only 87%. I was very concerned about this as I know that this is not acceptable. I questioned this as I know this is very low and what they didn't realize was that I worked in a Pulmonary Clinic at a large healthcare facility. I should have at the very least been given oxygen and arrangements made for home oxygen if they insisted that I leave. The nurse then responded that my chart was now closed because I was discharged and nothing more could be done. I did leave when I was finally able to get a ride. I disputed this bill for 6 years now because of the care I received. I wrote several letters and also phone calls with no resolution. Today I received a letter from an attorney threatening to garnish my wages....yes just shy of 6 years by about 3 weeks. The statue of limitations in Indiana is guess what 6 years!!! Be careful folks because you won't hear anything from them at all for years and then bam... read more