When my cousin has to do her own leg work to get her chemo and then have to wait over 4 hours to receive her chemo for ovarian cancer, I would say this place needs to re-evaluate their staff. Heather is NOT a nice person and needs to be fired! Have some compassion and make sure cancer patients are treated with the up most care!
I was at the ER last night and this bed had blood all over it. When I pointed it out to the nurse she simply stated that she would change the sheets. I refused to lay down on that bed, this is just unacceptable. I chose to sit on a chair instead staring at this blood covered bed. This is the dirtiest hospital that I have ever been to and to think that this is a military hospital. This is hazardous and I am going to report this.
NMCSD has a system. Let me clue you in. First, *the ER is exactly like ANY ER at any other hospital in San Diego!* Try going to Kaiser, Mercy, or Scripps. 7-8 hour wait as well. Why? It's FREE! No co-pay. All the complainers about wait times? I too have tried the ER route, sometimes it's 3-4 hours. Sometimes I have walked out and toughed it out until the next day. That is why the wait is so long at NMCSD. If you're going for: flu, fever, sore throat, or other non-emergency issues, that is how they will log it. And you are GOING TO WAIT. Sorry! You are best to: schedule an appointment ASAP on the appointment line, instead of strolling in and expecting to seen in an hour. Second clue: PARKING. If you think you're going to roll up and grab a spot close, forget it. PLAN AHEAD to park. We have gotten nothing but great treatment, LIFE SAVING treatment to be exact and it kicks the heck out of any civilian hospital by a mile. The Pregnant woman poster below complaining about “walking too far” first of all, walking is good for you, and that's the DEAL with NMCSD you walk, A LOT - they GIVE you a stork parking pass in in you last 4-6 weeks - that's it sunshine. Other hospitals in San Diego, they give you NOTHING, so be grateful! The other 1 star poster, Genoveva Flores, You were seen by TWO M.D.s, had your tests done, tests read, and it came back negative, nothing wrong, you said it yourself. Not too shabby considering Kaiser or the others would have to contact your insurance for testing AND well, there's that Co-Pay you'd have if you were not blessed with practically FREE FIVE STAR treatment. By all means, the one stars, go outside to other hospitals, I did. In my frustration, I went “outside” of network. Only to be folded RIGHT BACK IN because it was WORSE at a place like Alvarado. NO appointments, never saw the same doctor twice, and the wait rooms were dirty, over crowded, and looked like a third world country where English is the second language. At least at NMCSD, THEY SPEAK ENGLISH!
I went in after falling while hiking & my finger clearly looks abnormal but according to the nurse she didn't think there was anything wrong with it and wrote it off as a bone spur (I also heard another nurse telling her that it doesn't make sense if I have never had an issue with that finger before). I don't even think she waited for my xray results, I could hear her calling to get a status for my xray and saying "I don't think there is anything wrong with it". But whatever right? I guess she just wanted to get off her shift or something. I am going to Kaiser today where I will actually get help.
Back in September of '96. I gave birth to my beautiful handsome son. I thank God for having a healthy son n I like too also thank those wonderful doctors n nurses that were there by my sight during those times of my complicated n hard labor giving birth to my son Matthew F. He was 7lbs 13 oz n 21 1/2 in long. Born @ 7:44pm. He wouldn't have been here today if it wasn't for those wonderful Dr's n staff's. My son is now 21 yrs of age.
It was my first visit at the naval medical center on Friday the 15 of 2017. I went to the ER for severe abdominal pain while pregnant. My visit started at 7pm and was out of there at 2am. My first experience at the naval medical center has been traumatizing. First, I got blood drawn and was left with a botched IV and while it taped on it was pressing into my muscle so much so that I forgot about my abdominal pain. I told the corpsman that the pain was 10 and wanted to get taken out. She never came back. I asked my husband to get someone to get the IV out before he pulled it out. The doctor was able to come in and remove it. The doctor ordered an ultra sound in radiology. He did estimate about an hour, which was ok. We waited two hours for the tech to give us the order to come up and get the ultra sound. A corpsman was able to take us to the radiology and as he knocked on the door she had just woken up. While getting the ultrasound she was yawning and her eyes were very low. I went back down to the ER and waited for another hour and a half for the results. At this time, I asked to be discharged because I was already there for 6 hours and mentally tired and feeling well. After the 7 hours total a new doctor, I didn't know the old doctor left, came in and explained my results which came back normal and couldn't tell me what was wrong. This has honestly been the worst experience I've ever had and I will never go back to the emergency room at NMCSD.
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