All about the Benjamins now here at what was once a great hospital. Went to this hospital for 30 years and sadly the last ten have been a journey through hell. Factory surgery, standing room only in chemo waiting room, untrained incompetent support staff everywhere. Doctors and nurses too busy entering insurance codes on their computers to see patients suffering. Endless waiting for appointments and transportation. Best doctors are leaving this soulless sadistic shell of what Beth Israel once was. Then there's the ER. People on stretchers in the halls moaning in pain, filthy public bathrooms, body fluids not cleaned up, waited 12 hours for treatment on an early Tuesday evening. Hard to imagine how they could ever handle an actual disaster. Get yourself a good malpractice lawyer if you have to come here.
I've had a few other issues with BIDMC but I'll keep it short.
Here are some of the many issues I've had with BIDMC:
1) I was scheduled to have an MRI with a 3T machine. The operator was aware of that but put me on a 1.5T without asking me.
They are very professional and dedicated make you feel at ease they treat everyone that way
If I could give this place a ZERO I definitely would. I went there for a herniated disk, literally could not walk, left me for hours on a cot in front of a person who was clearly having psych issues, then eventually medicated me with the usual narcotics, and sent me home at 1am, without an exam and paperwork that did not tell the truth.
The emergency room here is VERY poor. This is my first time ever writing a bad review. Someone close to me was admitting for wanting to commit suicide and the nurses left him in the ER on a cot for 2 days straight (he's still there) and we are still waiting for him to be moved to the psychiatric department like he was promised much earlier. People with similar conditions who got there later have been moved in and out but he remains because he's been kind and not complained like others have. A worker literally pulled out their computer on the job to "watch the game" and nurses are constantly seen talking about their personal lives and off task. A man who got in a fight and had broken his nose had to be restrained, and they held him by his broken nose to restrain him, something that was very unprofessional in my opinion. They have left this person close to me in a very poor environment for someone who needs peace and quiet. The visit has just begun and has been horrible, with lazy and incompetent staff who tried to release him the day after he wanted to commit suicide with no follow-up review on his mental state or health. They quite literally came in the room after his 24 hour hold asked how he was doing, he said right now I don't want to kill myself anymore, and they said great and tried to release him until I pushed for an inpatient treatment to determine the issue as he has been self-harming and his health has worsened considerably. Chose one of the MANY other hospitals in the area. I'm sure they won't be able to disappoint as much as this one has already.
2) BIDMC sent a bill of mine to a recollection agency without even trying to contact me before.
3) It's impossible to contact a physician after seeing them, unless you make another appointment. In my case, I wanted them to simply change a prescription for some medical imaging, and they never replied to my query. As a result, I wasn't able to get the medical imaging I needed.
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