I believe I got a good specialist in a doctor, we will see . Things I don't appreciate is the…read morecultural bs In wearing nose rings at the front desk in a customer service role and not being professional and providing good customer service. customer service used to be a thing and showing nose rings and tattoos are more displayed arrogantly and ignorantly in a customer service role . what happened to code and conduct of professional attire and clean look? I'm not discriminating , it's a standard of being professional in a work environment ..

Horrible hospital. My grandmother went into the ER on a Monday for a CAT scan and we did not get…read morethe results till Thursday and it was showing a pretty serious medical issue that should've been flagged during the visit.

A member of my family contracted staph infection through a hernia surgery. The hospital wrote her a…read moreletter apologizing for the pain and inconvenience of the infection she contracted while at the hospital. I soon found that four other people I knew of had contracted staph through surgery here. My family member was out of work for four months and had to wear a wound vac 24 hours a day , seven days a week during this time .

I hesitate to even give this hospital one star as I would not take my dog there after how they…read morefailed my mother. After a sudden attack of crippling severe pain & nausea, we called for an ambulance to take mom from a local hotel we were staying in while in Huntingdon for family reunion. ER doctor was baffled so admitted her for observation. Since it was a Saturday no tests or specialists were available for 2 days! I mentioned moving her to larger hospital. They assured me it wasn't necessary. But 4 days later of watching her suffer in tortured pain, we insisted they transfer our mother to The Geisinger. They said she was probably just constipated and needed an enema. I found out later Dr Waddle made a chart note on the 3rd day that mesenteric ischemia must be considered but they still didn't move her or treat her until morning if 5th day and only because we insisted. By the time they medivaced her to The Geisinger, her small intestine was necrotic & she was practically dead. Despite emergency surgery, we had to withdraw her from life support and watch her die slowly for another week. Sixteen days of hell and my family has been devastated for all time by their bungling incompetence. It cost my Dad's sudden decline in health & he died after 18 months of horrible loneliness and grief. The drs at Geisinger told me if she had been transferred within the first 12 to 24 hrs she would probably be alive. Instead they just let her rot to death and had the audacity when I asked them to do a better job of managing her pain that "we think your mother is confused about her pain" After they told us what had caused the initial attack of severe pain, I was able to find her fatal condition in a 3 minute Google search which stated "any elderly person admitted to ER with pain disproportionate to physical findings, acute mesenteric ischemia must be considered". They killed my mother! I will never forgive their lying to us. Dogs get better treatment than my mom did. To make matters worse the floor nurse was a total witch & yelled at my 83 yr old father who had been thru a stroke and had atrial fibrillation because he laid down on the extra bed in the room. He was physically and mentally exhausted watching his wife of 62 yrs dying before his eyes in excruciating unmanaged pain which they thought was her exaggerating her condition. I hate this hospital! This was where she had been brought into this world and they were the cause of the excruciating and unnecessary sudden end to her life. I tried to get justice but drs lie and cover for each other. Stay away from here if you want to live!

The Dr's and nurses are fantastic. I've had a few issues with their administration team- with the…read morereferrals not being transferred in a timely manner and having to cancel appointments. Note to others who are reliant on referrals- call to check that the referral is there before you go!

For the Emergency Department severe nosebleed and a dr snuck up on me and slammed a rhino rocket up…read moremy nose so hard she slammed my head backwards. I said no rocket. Got home then couldn't see out of right eye face swollen nose swollen and couldn't breat through my nose so I returned and the nurse told me to leave as no doctor was going to see me and she got in my face. No one touches me without my self defense so I stood my ground being the only person in the ER. Saw a Dr who said that he didn't give a damn if I sat there and bled to death. Another time I was as held down by a nurse and given 10 mg of ketamine and I was screaming no, hallucinating and screaming couldn't move my legs trouble breathing ripping stitches for procedures to fight her off to no avail. My roommate who is former Army stepped outside of the curtain 2 feet and said I wasn't breathing well and needed help and this female dr shoved him from behind into the room I witnessed her stick out her left leg grab him by his puffer coat with her right hand huge shove with her left hand on his shoulder from behind him and spin him hard slamming and bouncing his head against and off the wall then he fell over a chair and his hands and knees were on the floor. this man was 76 now 79 years old and he had her arrested. I testified to the truth but the judge said " I'm not going to say she didn't do it, I'm not going to say she didn't do it. I'm saying that the severity ( of the assault) is not enough to justify her losing her house her car and her job because she needs her job to pay for her house and her car" and she went free, back to working at Meritus ER. I was taken to Meritus ER by ambulance in 10/24 and being discharged refusing narcotics couldn't walk due to spinal stenosis paralyzed me from the waist down with nerve damage crying with nerve pain and this man charged into my area screaming loud "shift change now I'm in charge", (4 am was not shift change) pointing his finger inches from my face and the man with me sitting there I screamed for him to get out but he kept it up. He said for me to get the hell out of his hospital right now or he would put me in a nursing facility, I screamed back that he had no medical power of attorney over me, never said who he was so I thought he was a mental patient on the loose , I screamed so loud at him to get out that finally he left. I left the hospital quickly being dragged down the hall by my male friend to the car in fear for my life. I reported him to EMTALA but again he was back working at Meritus so I was told. Sinai operated for this with a lamenectomy and a CSF leak which is brain leak tie off at L4-5. I had a civil rights violation stemming from terrifying visit with the male at Meritus Pain Management and the state police said thats grounds for arrest but the judges just let these Meritus doctors go so why bother? I could go on and on about the abuse I suffered at the hands of Meritus doctors BUT 1/26 I am eligible for new insurance coverage that allows me to go to big city hospitals so never again will I go to the Meritus Medical Center ED in Hagerstown MD. I would like to end this by saying that in 09/24 my heart rate went up to 175 due to nutritional malabsorption, another Meritus dr who made a huge mistake in the department of gastroenterology. Meritus cardiologists diagnosed me with atrial fibrillation and said get a heart ablation. I went to Baltimore and there is not one EKG OR ECG in this state of Maryland proving I ever has the diagnosis and if I had the ablation I would have died and this was told to me by a Baltimore cardiologist/electrophysiologist who took the time to track down all this information and called me on a Sunday morning with his grave concerns in a panic. He is qualified to perform heart ablations and remains to be the only doctor that I will see again for my heart, never Meritus again for any cardiologist. Meritus did build a baseball stadium and parking garage but how does this enhance the horrible conditions in the hospital for patients like me as I'm not the only one, far far from it. These doctors with a specialty practice just keep doing wrong then the letters come kicking me out of their practices. I certainly wouldn't return to an abusive doctor but that letter makes them look good, or should I say stupid even when some violated my HIPPA laws!Many people have talked to me about worse treatment & no lawyers taking their cases and I'm one. As soon as we say Meritus to a lawyer they're too busy. I have called many lawyers including in DC and Baltimore to be told no quickly. Meritus is no longer number one in Maryland and an employee said to me that they deserve to be number one and cannot find out who number one is but they will! I'm sure it may be a hospital who is giving care to patients and not building baseball stadiums don't you think? John's Hopkins rating 100 %. Google Meritus! K'NAAN MARSDEN

This is actually about a test I had done at the Dorothy McCormack center. I was a few minutes…read morelate for my dexascan . I apologized to the ladies at the front desk. They were very understanding. And professional. The check in process was short and sweet. I wish I could remember the names of the ladies , unfortunately I don't. I was almost immediately, called and proceeded to the scan. Again I was treated , by the technician in a warm and caring manner . Thank you all .

Thank goodness they were open as there were absolutely no urgent cares open within an hour of here!…read moreQuick, compassionate care close to home!

When you enter the ER at 10:15 on a snowy winter Saturday night, the result can be a complete…read morecrapshoot. Logic would dictate that a quiet night would mean a quick, attentive visit...but that pesky trauma case that arrives simultaneously can certainly kick that plan on down the road awhile. Which it did. I certainly hope the patient is doing better today, but his visit certainly taxed the ER'S staff on this night. 5 hours later, my son and I were back in the car. That said, I have no doubt to as to the quality of are we received. The receptionist and intake nurse were kind, the technician was great, and the doctor was appropriately apologetic, and did a fine assessment of my son's injury. He gave the scans I felt necessary, answered questions well, and had a good bedside manner with my 10 year old. The facility-from what I saw of it - appeared clean and fairly modern. I have no reservations in going there again, but truth be told, when I'm in the area on vacation again, I hope I don't have the privilege of visiting this fine establishment again. Cheers to good health!

The nightshift team in the ER is top notch. They really know how to take care of people in need.read more

If I could provide a review of ZERO I would. I have been to this hospital a handful of times and…read morethey are rude and extremely unprofessional. The last time I was there for kidney stones. I was told that based on the size I would need stents but that it would be at least two weeks before they could "possible schedule me" to have this procedure. I was then sent home. I was seen by another hospital in MD and was told that I never should have been released and that there is no excuse to make a patient wait two weeks to be seen and sent home based on the size of the stones. The nursing staff was snarky, no bedside manner and the doctors followed suit with their cold "bothered" mentality. NEVER go here if given the choice!

The last time I stopped in here for acute abdominal pain, the doctor ran a series of tests and came…read moreback later to act like an asshole and tell me I just needed to take a shit. then i got a shot of morphine and they discharged me. i checked out my patient portal the next day and see it looked like you were testing me for all sorts of stuff you dont typically test for on a routine er visit and you really did just pump my as full of narcotics and sent me out the door. I blame Bob Pyatt.

Started out in the ER lots of good people there, not a long wait for anything. Ending up getting…read moreemergency surgery, surgeon and team were awesome. The ICU dept. is awesome! Friendly, kind efficient nurses. Everyone was just great there. Got moved to the 3rd floor, just as friendly, kind and efficient but obviously understaffed, nurses and CNAs couldn't focus due to interruptions. Don't be fooled by its size and country charm there's a lot of top notch medical professionals there. Fix the staffing probs and I will change to 5 stars. Oh I forgot the snack bar....too small but friendly and a hella good chicken salad sandwich !!

This is a very favorable rating over other experiences I have experienced at this facility. Also,…read moreit is Christmas. We were greeted imnediately by a super friendly staff member. Info was taken quickly and taken back immediately. We saw Dr Potter and were treated very well. Dr. Potter was very attentive and professional. (This has not been the case in the past with other "doctors" in the ER). We are very pleased with the service provided today.

Was recently a patient in the ER for the first time. I am a retired ER nurse with 30 years…read moreexperience and was very pleased with the care and service I received. From the moment I entered the waiting room I was met with kindness and compassion. I was in distress and was immediately taken to a room, evaluated by the nursing staff, the ER physician and Respiratory. Everyone was totally professional displaying both skill and compassion. Being fairly new to the area I am relieved to know that my family and myself will be in good hands should another emergency befall us. Thank you

Go to another hospital or even a veterinarian first.Not worth waiting 13 hours in the ER just to be…read moretold to go to a urologist because of my gumball sized kidney stone.If you have ever had a kidney stone you know it's comparable to giving birth when it comes to pain.For men it's even worse to have a kidney stone.13 hours in agonizing pain and took 6 hours for a X-ray and 6 more before they told me it was the biggest stone they have seen but they can't do anything even though one doctor said it should come out now and admit him.It took a week to see a urologist and I had a severe kidney infection and dealth with it for a week.They have the worst ER and hospital.The problem is they are the only hospital within 30 miles and they treat you like they know you have no other choice so deal with it.I was told by one doctor i couldn't get the care i needed here and needed to go to a better hospital.Joke of a hospital

I know how people talk about medical facilities in this area, but I feel as though I am one who can…read moregive a proper review. I have been to this hospital near 20+ times; once as a patient and 19+ as company. There have been several emergencies and several non-emergencies. Today, we were luckily assigned with a lady named Yvette in the ER and she may have been the most pleasant person I've come in contact with yet in all my visits. The wait time Is always a negative no matter where you go. It's a hospital. Would you rather it that the lab techs are faster and more careless with your labs? It would be nice if there was a round about or drop off at the ER so you could easily help disabled people into vehicles.