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Originally Posted by LyndaS
I have read the horror stories in this forum about the TV Emergency Room but my two experiences were positive. I would encourage others that have had a positive experience to comment because I believe a lot of people are being frightened unnecessarily....
I don’t doubt other poster’s experiences as I am sure there are times that it is very busy. But based on my experiences, I would not hesitate to go to the The Villages Hospital in an emergency.
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I similarly don't doubt the experiences of other posters, either their own or what they observed, but I reiterate my earlier posting on this thread about my own positive experience in TVRH's emergency room. When I had my accident, I was driven to the hospital; I did NOT arrive by ambulance. Being one of those who had been "frightened unnecessarily" by awful tales about the ER, to quote LyndaS's words, I asked to be taken anywhere but. I was adamantly told that I needed to get to wherever I could get the absolute fastest--and for me it turned out to be the best possible decision.
If there are management issues in the administration of the hospital in general and the ER in particular, then of course they need to be dealt with. But there is no doubt in my mind that the care I received there was as good as I could have gotten at any other hospital within, say, 25 miles. It did (and does) help that I understand the principle of triage too. However, at moments when a large number of patients arrive at the ER--some true emergencies and others really not--the staff and the facility can be overwhelmed, and all they can do is the best they can. We have to remember that EVERYONE who shows up at the ER by law has to be accepted and treated. Some of the stories posted in this thread are terrible, without a doubt, but that is not everyone's experience!