That's what I'm thinking.

Sooo How can you be nice and respectful to a stuff that does not have experience in their field.
They shouldn't be there to begin with.

My experiences ...
 

I've heard the horror stories about the ER atTV Regional Hospital, and I have no doubt of their veracity. But I have to say that the two times I used the servicea of the ER, both experiences were excellent. Once I was driven in by a family member following a fall that caused.a lot of damage; the other time I was brought in by ambulance after an auto accident caused by a medical blackout.

I once had surgery involving one overnight stay at a supposedly outstanding hospital in New York City whose name most people would know. and expect excellent service. There were 'dust bunnies' under the furniture that moved around in the air conditioning, and the other patient in the room, who had had much more serious surgery and would be there for quite a few more days than I, had his bloody gowns left hanging from the grab bar in the room the entire time I was there.

One doesn't always know....

If you want that, then you need to have a state government that promotes good health care for EVERYONE, not just seniors, or people who can afford it, or just veterans, or just anything. It's all well and good to say "if you want good health care then you have to pay for it." It's another to be stuck with an emergency in the emergency room, and have to sit with a bunch of poor sick people who can't afford primary care doctors, showing up because the ER isn't allowed to turn them away even though it's not an emergency.

Get everyone healthy. Even the poor, the homeless, the single moms, the babies born to poor folks, teachers, the folks who work three part-time jobs and none of them offer insurance to part-time employees...

the fewer sick people we have, the fewer sick people are stuck in the ER without actual emergencies, and the fewer people you're stuck waiting behind when it's your turn.

And yes that means higher taxes. If every working person had to pay an extra 2 cents per hour, and every property owner had to pay an extra $1 per year, and every landlord had to kick in an extra 10 cents per tenant per year to cover the cost of *basic* medical care for everyone in the country who needed it - including immigrants - who also get sick and show up at emergency rooms...

We'd have enough money to pay for it, and we'd have fewer sick people, and emergency rooms that can handle actual emergencies more efficiently.

And by "basic" medical care I mean a yearly checkup, vaccinations, yearly blood work and nutrition panel, yearly eye test, pap smear, mammogram, prostate exam, yearly dental cleaning and dental x-rays. If they want anything more they are still at the mercy of their health insurance plan, or their own income or charity or other social programs, veterans entitlements, etc. available to them.

Every single person in this country should be *entitled* to the above, whether they can afford it or not.

Everybody has unique expectations. I was at The Villages Hospital for 2 weeks earlier this year with pneumonia. I have zero complaints.

Advent Health in Ocala.
Great Doctors (cardiology), nurses and the facility is very clean.

I have had not had an issue with them.
 

I have had not had an issue with them especially after they were taken over by UF Health which is also the same as Leesburg Memorial. For anything big like a heart attack, I go to Leesburg Memorial.

Bottom line… DON’T EVER USE THE VILLAGES REGIONAL HOSPITAL! It gets the lowest possible ratings of any hospital within 75 miles.

For people in the southern end of TV, you have lots of choices. Advent Health Waterman Hospital in Tavares gets high ratings. For those in the north end, choose from the hospitals in Ocala.

Ask your doctor about TVRH. Mine told me that he had high hopes for improvement when the University of Florida bought both Leesburg and TVRH, but it hasn’t happened.

Your story is spot on.
 

The villages ER is always my last choice. Had to take my adult son there several times by ambulance. It was so disappointing it was almost beyond comprehension. Now i use the ER in Summerfield or Leesburg ER. You’re right it was like a Third World country ER

I can recommend Leesburg after having 2 open heart surgeries there.

My uncle died in 2007. My aunt took him to TV Regional hospital previously for appointments. My aunt never had a complaint about The Villages, they lived here since 1990 and loved it, except for the hospital. She was very unhappy with the service then too and the waiting times. When they moved here there were about 8000 residents AND the service was invariably very poor at the regional hospital and throughout the time they lived here. It seems nothing has changed, except there are more people to serve now.

Hospital
 

Not quite sure I understand....... when we moved to TV in 2001 there was NO hospital here. I believe it opened in 2002 or 2003.

My uncle was not sick till later on in his life, I’m not sure when they started going to the regional hospital, but it was before 2007, and the service at the hospital has NEVER been ok. My aunt usually did not complain, this was the first thing about The Villages she complained about. I would ask her why but she has passed away.