First Posted: 7/12/2012
In response to all of the other comments on this letter, I have been to SRMC ER several times for various reasons and I know this hospital very well from having procedures, being admitted and having family members who have been treated there as well. I could go into a whole lot of issues that I have with the place, however, this letter is about my Sis-in-law’s visit and YES, everything I said in my letter was the truth. She was told by the nurse who was checking her in that there was NO Doctor in the ER and that she didn’t know how long it would be before she would be seen. The nurse also told her it would be best if for her to go to her regular Doctor to be seen. The nurse is also the same person who informed her that she had patient’s who had been waiting since the previous night to be seen.
My sis-in-law has suffered with seizures for over 8 years now, and they are not a pretty sight to see, nor are they anything to take lightly. She is on several different meds for those and other illnesses and she was NOT looking for morphene or any other narcotics, she was sick and needed to be seen. SRMC may excel in some areas, but their ER is not one of them. I don’t care if you work there or not, try sitting on the side of the patient when you’re extremely sick and see what we have to go through waiting to be seen and the tests and all the rest. It’s not a day at the beach that’s for sure.
Doctors, Nurses and all the rest have a job to do.. and no it isn’t always easy.. but you chose the profession so you have to deal with the consequences. Any job dealing with the public is going to have major draw backs, but not every patient is the same. Just because one is faking so they can get meds, doesn’t mean that everyone that you come across is the doing the same. Like I said, I could list some MAJOR issues that I’ve encountered with SRMC over the past 5 years, so don’t come off saying that SRMC is the best at what they do because they aren’t. All hospitals have their flaws, and SRMC definitely has some major ones.
