Hartford Hospital

Reviews 4

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Melanie Johnston

I gave birth to my daughter, a healthy baby girl on 6/19/09. I went in early and ended up having a c section being induced too soon, which nearly cost the life of my child. I was accompanied by the love of my life, her father... Who was six mo away from his passing of liver disease. Delivery was a nightmare because my throat dried up on the operating table and I could not breathe. I felt ike I was suffocating and requested for a swab or anything to relieve the dryness as they removed our daughter from my stomach. I was hysterical as I really was being ignored and suddenly I hear the witchy Dr who was delivering say something to the effect of "Oh My God, Melanie!!! Is that all you can do is complain?? Just LOOK at what we are doing for you!!!" Then a male dr in the room soaked a paper towel at the sink and walked by wringing it out into the back of my throat. NOW I was literally aspirating and drowning!!! I was coughing and trying to speak to tell them I was chocking and the same ass walked by a second time a handed ME a suction hose to use on my own???? From that time on.. The first couple of nights were peaceful as far as the hospitality with aides and Nurses...Suddenly almost over night the mood changed and they were no longer speaking, and just really distant and aloof. When we wanted to go out for some air as the rooms were closets and we didnt want to wake the baby talking, we called for the nurse to come take the baby to the nursery while we stepped out briefly. When she came in the baby had just awoke and began tyo cry as babies do...This idiot stands there asking us "Now what would you do if the baby cries at home and theres no nursery????" I dont recal but I am sure I had a wise remark for her at this point in time. nOW BEFORE THE MOOD GOT COLD THE FIRST DAY OR SO THERE, I WAS COMPLIMENTED ON HOW MY CHILD "Latched on" so well (feeding). Several personal in fact, had commended and taken notice of this. That is not what the DCF worker had read off to us on the outrageously false list of allegations before we allowed to bring our child home. Yea, thats right... DCF was called for what DCF later cited as false aligations after a 60 day investigation. The worker stated that we were being "targeted". One of their ridiculous complaints was that the baby was in the nursery too often. She was rooming with us??? WE chose that OPTION!! She was only in there min at a time. Also we slept too much? Pfft we got not even a total of three hrs rest in a week there. They kept drug testing me and also stated that my fiancé seemed distant to our child. HE WAS DYING!!! Medical staff...pfft. BEWARE!!! I would of filed a formal complaint but obviously had my hands full with him and the bay to care for. On a last note, when we stepped out to call the attorney for fifteen min tops, she had soaked her going home outfit her father picked out for her:( Tragic is how I would describe this. Her father died six mo later on life support in the same hospital...

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Lourdes Bahia

I would give this zero stars if I could. I went into HH with severe bleeding and abdominal pain. I had called my Obgyn who thought I might have an ectopic pregnancy or a ruptured ovarian cyst, both of which are very dangerous. I walked into the ER and the nurses in the triage area were eating pretzels and watching something online. By this time I had started to bleed onto the floor through my clothes. I waited about 3 minutes before clearing my throat. They looked at me, saw the blood and went back to eating. I approached them and they asked if I needed to be seen. I said yes; and they told me to have a seat, they would call me. 4 hours later, I was still bleeding and feeling weak and dizzy. I still hasnt been seen, and was waiting to be triaged. I went to the bathroom, and the person I was with, found me in the bathroom, unconscious.She ran to get help and the nurse scolded her saying I shouldnt have been left alone! Still havent been seen, but now worried about a lawsuit, they put me in a room. 10 hours later, I was in so much pain I couldnt breathe. Finally, a gyn resident came down to examine me. I told him, I think Ive had a cyst burst, to which he replied, you wouldnt be bleeding if that was the case. Its most likely your menses. He sent me home with pain meds. No ultrasound, nothing. Not even a pelvic exam. A few hours later, I started vomiting, and shaking uncontrollably ; I stood up and found myself in a pool of blood. I went to St. Francis er, waited 15 minutes to be seen and was told I had a ruptured ovarian cyst. I will NEVER go back to HH, I only went there because my doctor has privileges there; St. Francis is not that much farther, it is cleaner, the staff kinder, more knowledgable and it is a lot faster. You can even schedule a slot to be seen in there fast track, which is great. Avoid HH at all costs , use Uconn or St. Francis!!!!

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laura pelletier

First off, I would like to say that I had great nurses and doctors about five years ago in the surgery center and the care was wonderful. However, not the same can be said about the Emergency Department; I am disgusted with the lack of sympathy and care. Three days ago, my healthy 20-something year old friend had her first seizure after fainting and hitting her head on a tile floor. She was rushed to the E.D. via ambulance. She had another seizure in the ambulance, and another about five minutes after she was wheeled into the E.D. Nurses AND a couple doctors saw that she was seizing. She was taken into a testing room and no said told my friend and I what she was going to be tested for. She eventually was wheeled to a patient room, where we found out she had no tests or x-rays done on her head and that she only had an ECG done. The doctor said she had a panic attack. She was dismissed and we went home. Yesterday, she had another seizure at her home and was rushed back to Hartford Hospitals E.D. She also had seizures in the ambulance again and in the E.D. She was immediately brought into a patient room, where she waited an hour and a half for her nurse to see her. Essentially, she was there for about six hours yesterday and no tests were done once again. An IV was not even placed in her. She also had two more seizures while she was waiting and nothing was done. She was dismissed yesterday evening. This kind of behavior demonstrated by the E.D. is appalling. One would think that a healthy, 20-something year old female having a first seizure is something of concern, but not to the doctors or nurses we saw. Even after witnessing her seize, nothing was done. I wouldnt recommend this place to anyone.

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Thomas Minnich

My Grandmother is a dialysis patient at the Jefferson building of Hartford Hospital, she also suffers from dementia, ranging from mild to moderate(memory problems). She goes in for dialysis 3 times a week and has been for almost 5 years now and so many problems have arisen during this time that I felt I needed to write this review. Just to list some of the incompetent decisions and disasters of the dialysis technicians and people that handle her while she is there: they have lost belongings, several times, ranging from clothing, winter coats and even her walker, which she needs to walk. They have sent her home to an empty and locked house(once or twice during the winter) in a taxi cab without notifying me on more than more occasion. They have lost HER on more than one occasion after leaving her unattended for extended periods of time. Once I had to involve the Hartford police department, because they refused to take responsibility(this is something they do quite a bit)and search for her beyond looking in a waiting room. If she had the financial resources for a better facility then I would definitely move her somewhere else, but unfortunately this is all that can be afforded. I did not give it zero or 1 star because despite the general majority of the staff ive run into have been unhelpful and have made some pretty foolish decisions in some cases, this is obviously not the case with the entire hospital. I can only speak for the ER and Jefferson building dialysis unit. There have been a few staff that have been very patient and helpful over the years, though they number very few.

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