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Originally Posted by Dan9871
Are you referring to Ocala Region Medical Center or the Villages Region Hospital?
My wife went to the Ocala Regional Medical Center ER recently and the hallways in the ER were clogged with gurneys with patients on them waiting for treatment.
It took a quite a while for her to be admitted, there just weren't enough beds available. Once in the hospital itself the treatment was very good. The ER staff were good too but you could tell they were stretched to the limit.
She has been to the Villages Hospital ER too and one time had to wait about 20 hours to get admitted. But again once in the hospital itself the treatment was very good.
The only reason she ended up in Ocala Regional was that both the Villages and the Leesburg ER's were on diversion and the ambulance could not take her to either.
I didn't see a lot of difference between the treatment she got at Ocala or The Villages ER's but maybe I don't have a critical enough eye that those of you who have worked in the health care industry have.
Given a choice she (and I) would pick the Villages Hospital. When she is in the Villages Hospital it is more accessible to her doctors and she has a Villages Health doctor and care manager looking over her care there, not one of the hospital staff doctors... that just makes everything in her overall care work better.
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I know of someone who was treated in Ocala recently and was delayed treatment much as you describe. She got bumped 2X for surgery due to emergencies and didn't get into a room for over 24 hrs. I would rather be treated at TVRH for the same reasons you have stated. Change apparently needs to happen...don't know if it will given the heavy Florida population of elderly people. BTW...I've heard it said that some of the seasonal folks wait to have their elected surgeries after they return here. Guess they'd rather recouperate where it's sunny and warm.