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Originally Posted by dbussone
For cardiac, I'd suggest Leesburg. They are rated as having the 3rd best open heart program in FL. Where I'd go for other emergencies depends on the type of problem. You can get to TVRH by ambulance, get stabilized, and go by helicopter to any number of really good hospitals in Tampa, Orlando, and Gainesville.
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As for cardiac: My husband was saved twice by those at TVRH, once when he was already a patient in for observation. He went into cardiac arrest and it took 10 minutes to get him stabilized. The Code Blue Team was there in SECONDS, not minutes. As soon as he was stabilized, he was taken to the cath lab and received two new stents where another had blocked. Dr. Williams told me at the time he had no idea if my husband would even survive the procedure but that he would do his best to save him. That was in 2013 and he is still here. When he had his first heart attack, he would never have survived the trip to Leesburg or Ocala.
Things happen ANYWHERE, but that does not mean that a hospital is "bad". Many, many of the same doctors practice both in Leesburg and TVRH (Dr. Williams for one). Some of them even have privileges in other hospitals as well. Dr. Williams placed a stent for me this year in TVRH. I was going to be scheduled in Leesburg for the next week, but he had an opening in TVRH for the next day; smooth as glass and back on my feet in no time.
Just as an aside: Someone from our church had to spend a couple of
days in the ER this month in Leesburg because the hospital was full. Sorry, but it is not just TVRH that has problems and overloads.