Villages Regional Hospital ER
We have been living in TV for 5.5 years and have had three experiences with VRH professional competency and wait times to see either a PA or a Dr.. The first was a few years back when my wife's mother (in her 80's) had to wait over four hours in ER to see Dr. for examination. Another involved her also and we were allowed to visit her in a room when test had not been completed regarding a highly contagious condition. Friday evening I had accident at home with cuts on my hands. Since there was a lot of blood I felt I needed to go to an urgent care facility for possible stiches. Since it was after 6PM all Urgent Care were closed and we drove to VRH ER. We were told it would not be a long wait. This was not the case as 3.5 hours later and several moves to different locations we had still not seen a PA for an exam or a Dr. We saw only a nurse who did a rather poor job of attempting to clean my wounds. The ER was not that busy on Friday evening. At close to four hours others told us they had been waiting for six hours or more. I decided to leave and try to go to an urgent care the next morning and I did. My point is I believe that TV deserves a much better and more professional ER facility than is currently available. With over 100,000 residents at this time of the year I am amazed at the complaints I hear from others regarding VRH as a whole. I feel that if those considering moves to TV knew this they would have some reluctance to do so. We love it here but I feel that our local hospital and ER is lacking.
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