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I TOOK MY WIFE TO ST JOES DECEMBER 10,14. SHE WAS TAKEN FOR SEVERE PAIN IN THE BELLY BUTTON. UPON ARRIVING AT ST JOES IT WAS BELIEVED MY WIFE HAD APPENDICITIS. 6 HOUR WAIT TO SEE DOCTOR . FINALLY SEE A DOCTOR THE DOCTOR SAYS THEY MUST DUE SURGERY AT ONCE to REMOVE APPENDIX. I ASK THE DOCTOR HOW DO KNOW WHERE ARE THE FACTS ? THE DOCTOR SAYS SHE HAS PAIN IN THE BELLY BUTTION. I INSTRUCTED THE DOCTOR THE APPENDIX ISNT BELOW THE BELLY BUTTON. THE DOCTOR AGREES. I THEN ASK ABOUT THE WHITE BLOOD COUNT, IS THERE S FEVER AND WHY AFTER 6 HOURS THE PAIN IS LETTING UP ? ALL IS GOOD AND THE PAIN IS GETTING BETTER. NO ANSWER FROM DOCTOR. THEN I TOLD DOCTOR YOU ARE DOING NO SURGERY ON MY WIFE.AFTER THREE DAYS IN OBSERVATION IN ST JOES STILL NO ANSWER SENDS HER HOME STILL BAFFLED.
MY WIFE GOES TO OWN DOCTOR FOR REMAINING PAIN . HAS A CAT SCAN AND FIND OUT MY WIFE HAD MESENTERIC ADENITIS A CONDITION THAT COMES ON SUDDENLY IN BELLY BUTTON AND GOES AWAY AS QUICKLY BY IT SELF NO TREATMENT FOR THIS. NO SURGERY.
I hate to joke about this stuff, but could be worse. If you had brought your wife to a Utica / Mohawk Valley area hosptial (Faxton-St Lukes or Bassett), they probably would have amputated a foot or removed a kidney or something.
ANY of the Syracuse area hospitals are in a completely different league - in a good way - than ANY of the Utica area Hospitals and Basset.
My parents have strict orders that, if anything happens to me while I am at their house, they are to drive me to a Syracuse hospital. I REFUSE to be mistreated and misdiagnosed at Faxton-St Lukes, St. Elizabeth's or any Bassett facility.
I hate to joke about this stuff, but could be worse. If you had brought your wife to a Utica / Mohawk Valley area hosptial (Faxton-St Lukes or Bassett), they probably would have amputated a foot or removed a kidney or something.
ANY of the Syracuse area hospitals are in a completely different league - in a good way - than ANY of the Utica area Hospitals and Basset.
My parents have strict orders that, if anything happens to me while I am at their house, they are to drive me to a Syracuse hospital. I REFUSE to be mistreated and misdiagnosed at Faxton-St Lukes, St. Elizabeth's or any Bassett facility.
Is it really that bad and what about Rome's Hospital?
I have no experience with Rome's hospital. Bassett really is that bad.
- They physically misplaced my mother during surgery for ~6 hours
- Another relative of mine was diagnosed with diabetes and put on insulin. After other issues started to show up, he went to another doctor that was not part of Bassett and found out he did not have diabetes and was not pre-diabetic.
- One of their doctors (this was early 00s) was diagnosing all of her patients with Kidney failure and giving them medications and dialysis for kidney failure. Guess what - none of them had it. She was sued for malpractice and eventually lost her license to practice. One of my family members was misdiagnosed with kidney failure
There are a lot of other stories of them doing a very very very poor job.
I have no experience with Rome's hospital. Bassett really is that bad.
- They physically misplaced my mother during surgery for ~6 hours
- Another relative of mine was diagnosed with diabetes and put on insulin. After other issues started to show up, he went to another doctor that was not part of Bassett and found out he did not have diabetes and was not pre-diabetic.
- One of their doctors (this was early 00s) was diagnosing all of her patients with Kidney failure and giving them medications and dialysis for kidney failure. Guess what - none of them had it. She was sued for malpractice and eventually lost her license to practice. One of my family members was misdiagnosed with kidney failure
There are a lot of other stories of them doing a very very very poor job.
Basically, do not go to Bassett. Yikes!
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