Talk of The Villages Florida - Rentals, Entertainment & More
Talk of The Villages Florida - Rentals, Entertainment & More
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Villages Hospital ER Experience - awful
My wife became quite ill yesterday vomiting multiple times, 103.3 fever, loss of mental capacity - very scary and had to take her to the ER because everything was closed after 8 pm.
By the time I got here there she could barely sit up and was pretty foggy. I signed her in at the ER desk and was told to sit down in the waiting area. An hour later - still sitting there with my wife barely able to stay awake. Went to the desk and was told to go see the triage nurse. Triage nurse said that she was next to be evaluated to see when she could be schedulef to be seen by the medical staff. Fifteen minutes went by - still nothing. I understand that an ER operates on a highest need basis etc., etc. but my wife was obviously in need of immediate attention. I walked out and drove her to Leesburg Hospital - walked in and they took one look at her and she was being treat literally in minutes. I can't speak highly enough about the Leesburg staff. Due to privacy, suffice to say that my wife is doing much better thanks to the great care in the ER at Leesburg. I will never, ever, step foot in the Villages Hospital again. Beware - it's just a short drive to Leesburg if you ever have a medical emergency - I strongly recommend avoiding the Villages ER. |
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Silly question to anyone that might know, do people brought by ambulance have better treatment than described by the op?
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Monroe Memorial in Ocala is another choice...straight down 27
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Down 27 is Leesburg
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Glad she is doing well!!!! |
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Not really. I have been taken in by ambulance a few times. I got care in the ambulance so when I got to the hospital I was in the hallway on the stretcher for awhile. All times I went in I did end up being admitted.
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Troy, Rochester, Hazel Park, Harbor Beach, Grand Rapids, Michigan |
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Troy, Rochester, Hazel Park, Harbor Beach, Grand Rapids, Michigan |
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Got food poisoning a couple of weeks ago and had a similar experience. I was holding a bucket the entire time, couldn't sit down, I begged them to find a place for me to lie down as I was in extreme pain. I was the only one in the waiting room but they still didn't come and get me for an hour and a half. They didn't put me in a wheel chair and I could hardly walk. I had to follow the tech down several hallways all the way to the end. I had to sit down twice but neither time did they offer a chair. After I received fluids and meds I was discharged several hours later and had to walk those long hallways again. Finally I asked for a wheel chair and they gave me one. I was not impressed and won't be going back there again.
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Thank you for posting on TOTV. Your experiences will help guide the rest of us if emergency care is needed and circumstances are such that we can make a choice. In addition, you should report what happened to the hospital administrator.
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It's a holiday because New Years was on Sunday! Most doctor's offices are closed. I've been waiting here in the ER in Michigan with my 92 year old mother for hours! They've checked on her, took a chest X-ray but we are still waiting to get out of the waiting room!
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Britton and Adrian, Michigan Alexandria and Falls Church, Virginia Back to Adrian and someday, our home in The Village of Charlotte |
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All should experience the Villages Hospital ER " ONCE " not that I wish you or your loved ones ill. You can be the only person in the waiting area and no interest will be indicated that you even exist for hour after hour. Have had the occasion to be in six or seven ERs in my lifetime, as a patient or accompanying a patient, and this truly must be what third world medicine is all about. Contact the hospital administrator ? Ha, this has been going on for years and if the hospital administration claims not to be aware of all the complaints the word [B]" disingenuous " [B] needs a new definition.
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