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[tigergal]

Originally Posted by Pearlbob

I thought I had heard though, maybe a year or two ago, that Baptist East was also going to be another hospital for the uninsured. ??? Any validity to that? Maybe it was just an idea that never happened.

No validity to that. In fact, Baptist is ranked lowest of the area hospitals in providing indigent care. The hospital (other than the med) taking in the most indigent, under-insured or uninsured patients is Methodist University, followed by Methodist South, and Methodist North. Baptist largely relinquished any claim to indigent care when they shut down the Central campus.

[Kabluey]

Originally Posted by tigergal

Congestion has become an issue, particularly since the construction on Walnut Grove, sending those drivers into other arteries. Until a year ago, my husband used to work in the LeBonheur POB and the drive from Cordova took approximately 40 minutes if he got to LeBonheur by 7:30. If he left the house at 7:00, it took approximately 55 minutes going through town and about 50 minutes going the expressway.

Wow. Like I said, my parents used to be able to get from Hacks Cross to the VA in 30-45 mins. This was like three years ago too. But that was before Walnut Grove, I guess. I'll be headed down there again in a month or so, maybe I'll experience it for myself...

[tigergal]

Originally Posted by Kabluey

Wow. Like I said, my parents used to be able to get from Hacks Cross to the VA in 30-45 mins. This was like three years ago too. But that was before Walnut Grove, I guess. I'll be headed down there again in a month or so, maybe I'll experience it for myself...

The Walnut Grove construction has really caused a lot of headaches. Just yesterday, I was going into East Memphis and even Shady Grove has picked up a lot of the traffic as people use that instead of Walnut Grove to cut over to White Station to hit points West. The construction would be a headache anyway, but when you add to the fact that it's involving the 240 loop and the Baptist Hospital entrances, it's really a pain.

[Kabluey]

Originally Posted by Pearlbob

How horrible. There have been so many stories about people getting infections while at The Med for non-infectious related problems (heart attacks, car wreck, etc) as well as so many money related scandals over the years.

I thought I had heard though, maybe a year or two ago, that Baptist East was also going to be another hospital for the uninsured. ??? Any validity to that? Maybe it was just an idea that never happened.

Luckily, LB has nothing to do with the Med. They may be next door to each other, but they are totally separate worlds. LB is really pushing to be a world class hospital, although it will always be overshadowed by SJ (even though they are totally different types of hospitals).

One of the awful lessons that the Med is facing/will face is to refuse care to states that aren't paying their share to subsidize the only Level 1 trauma facility in the tri state area. This is a place and time when southern generosity has no place, and in fact, could jeopardize further care. The Med is underfunded, and it's like pullin teeth to get Mississippi to pay anything for it. Only recently has Jackson coughed up. I'd be interested to see if they are paying their "share." If not, the Med will have to prioritize its services and who it provides. And you can just imagine the howling that will come from Mississippi residents at how adversarial and "vindictive" the city will have been if that time ever comes.

I believe the funding breeds all of these service/atmosphere issues that people are seeing. If the Med goes down, everyone in the tri-state area will suffer.

LB may be in SJ's shadow, but that's because LB isn't in the business of primarily research, which breeds pioneering developments. But, there's no reason why LB can't be one of the best in the nation at what it does. Like you said, that appears to be the direction it's headed. That kind of no-limits vision is refreshing when so many individuals and citizens accept these artificial ceilings and walls for their potential achievements. Hopefully this is indicative of a new age when businesses and institutions in Memphis are ambitious in demonstrating to the world what they and the Memphis region can do.

[tennreb]

Originally Posted by Pearlbob

How horrible. There have been so many stories about people getting infections while at The Med for non-infectious related problems (heart attacks, car wreck, etc) as well as so many money related scandals over the years.

I thought I had heard though, maybe a year or two ago, that Baptist East was also going to be another hospital for the uninsured. ??? Any validity to that? Maybe it was just an idea that never happened.

Luckily, LB has nothing to do with the Med. They may be next door to each other, but they are totally separate worlds. LB is really pushing to be a world class hospital, although it will always be overshadowed by SJ (even though they are totally different types of hospitals).

Hospital-acquired infections are a problem at every hospital in America. I haven't seen any evidence that The Med has a higher rate of hospital-acquired infections than the national average. Medicare tracks that information, so we would have probably heard about it when The Med got in trouble with Medicare.

[tigergal]

Originally Posted by tennreb

Hospital-acquired infections are a problem at every hospital in America. I haven't seen any evidence that The Med has a higher rate of hospital-acquired infections than the national average. Medicare tracks that information, so we would have probably heard about it when The Med got in trouble with Medicare.

The Med actually is in hot water with Medicare (and Medicaid) Here's a link just giving a highlight of issues facing them that were to have been resolved by July 18, 07 or there would be consequences to be handed down. Bed Sores and infection are one of the problems that medicare is investigating.

Memphis Medical Center

[Pearlbob]

I'm just going by personal knowledge, of what I have heard from people who have stayed at the Med or had relatives there. I know I've seen a news story on it too, a while back, but right - it can and does happen in every problem. But, when you have fecal matter on the walls in the bathrooms, I would imagine the infection rate would be a smidge higher at the Med.

[tennreb]

Originally Posted by Pearlbob

I'm just going by personal knowledge, of what I have heard from people who have stayed at the Med or had relatives there. I know I've seen a news story on it too, a while back, but right - it can and does happen in every problem. But, when you have fecal matter on the walls in the bathrooms, I would imagine the infection rate would be a smidge higher at the Med.

I've used the restroom probably hundreds of times in the Med, and I have never seen fecal matter on the wall. I think the previous poster may have been exaggeration a little bit. There are plenty of crackhead patients and bad employees at The Med, but the hospital is clean.

[strumpeace]

I've used the restroom probably hundreds of times in the Med, and I have never seen fecal matter on the wall. I think the previous poster may have been exaggeration a little bit. There are plenty of crackhead patients and bad employees at The Med, but the hospital is clean.

Don't speak for me. There was indeed human waste all over the walls and floor of the ER men's restroom when I was there. I had to take my son to the cafeteria to use the restroom. It was marginally cleaner.

[Pearlbob]

I know nothing of that situation, but having lived in Memphis for many years, and having used many public bathrooms in gas stations, malls, etc....it would not surprise me about his story. I have seen the same thing in many restrooms here in Memphis, as disturbing as that is.

But, that's quite off topic. I am quite certain that LeBonheur would be nothing like that.