Talk of The Villages Florida - Rentals, Entertainment & More
Talk of The Villages Florida - Rentals, Entertainment & More
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Deadly Melanoma
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when I lived up north in Ohio the day my results came back they shipped me off to Ohio State Medical hospital where I had the surgery the next morning . For matters such as this I have been shocked at the time it takes for a response for surgery. so there’s the difference of caring or maybe I’ll care in a few months. I am not impressed. I am lucky The cancer did not Metastasize and I am alive to talk about it! |
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Yes, the quality of medical care here for the most part is very poor. Many doctors are not trained in the US, may or may not be board certified. It's dicey. Look your doctor up on HealthGrades or Vitals for information on him or her. If you have a problem getting a good diagnosis on something serious I would recommend going to Shands in Gainsville or some well trained physician in Orlando. As far as a hospital there is no way I would go to The Villages hospital or Leesburg. West Marion is probably the best that close by. Paramont urgent care on 441 is ok and the Ocala ER on 441 is pretty good - certainly better than the 8 hrs I have waited at the Villages Hospital ER.
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YOWZA! Villages doctors surpass LI, NY ad infinitum.
Hm- amazed as I have the ABSOLUTE BEST doctors! Try Dr. Nguyen Uyen + I have 10 more.
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My PCP is with The Villages Health (Pinellas) and she is excellent. She's from the Boston area. I have more than 10 friends who have a PCP at The Villages Health and all are extremely happy with their physicians. I'm not saying every Dr. at TVH is good, but my experience and my friend's experience has been very positive.
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Creekside Medical is wonderful for our family. they take care of it all, we aren't disappointed in any way
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You moved from TV because of the Doctors? Why didn't you just change doctors? It had to be much cheaper.
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Well folks I just came back from a follow up visit at UNOVA on Rolling Acres Road from a rotator cuff operation. It was done by Issac Mitchell and he and everything was just great, but he has left that corp environment so I was assigned another doctor. After and hour and 1/2 waiting to be seen by this Dr. Thomas I walked out.
OhoioBuckeye, I have heard that story several times from others about the waiting at TV hospital during a cardiac episode. This is only one of the reasons they rank so low. LIZ22, I would say Advent in Ocala off of 441 might be the best within this close area. |
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He did say cords and I had to continue to get clearance for an operation
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Im not saying they are dishonest. Maybe people are complacent with the system and just do not want to rock the boat so they allow what is done and said to them and decide that is best. I'm afraid as we get older we start sitting back and not wanting to cause problems
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You had a bad experience. But that doesn't mean the entire TVH system is bad. As I've said, I know many people who are very happy with their PCP at TVH. One person I know worked in a teaching hospital and she is very pleased with her TVH PCP. I would never be complacent and if I felt I wasn't getting top notch care I would go elsewhere. |
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Good and Bad
We have had our share of Medical disappoints in the Villages and promising good things.
In my opinion there is a lot of "keep them coming back for the money!" strategy! We had a terrible mis diagnosis which had us go to Mayo who saved the life and we have been going to Mayo ever since as our major medical source. Use local Doctors as indicators. Good is that we saw the beginning of some serious improvements in the Village Hospital. Or course it is not at a rating of 4 or 5 but climbing the scale. Since Shands became involved the staff is much better. I understand they are using the Hospital to train nurses. Also heard that Interns may be coming to the Hospital. The ER had improved both in attention and care. The tools needed by the Staff are unfortunately scarce and that includes technology, equipment, supplies, etc. Hopefully all of this is indictive of a new era for The Village Hospital. |
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So far I have received very good, and professional treatment from the villages health system.
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