Largo Medical Center

Reviews 3

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Jason Kendall

I previously gave LMC 5 stars, having had numerous great experiences here (shout out to Dr Leimbacher and every single nurse or paramedic I have encountered! Apologies for your colleague dragging your impeccable service down so incredibly, yet it must be made available to those interested and she has single-handedly caused me enough concern of re-encountering her in another serious situation and suffering for that reason without any possible means of avoidance). I cant retain that 5-star rating, however, because of one Dr Nadia Abrahamsen... What a total failure of a Physician! Dragging down a fantastic facility by neglecting to obey her oath and even boldface lying (displaying both a lack of confidence in her opinion, dishonesty and lack of integrity crucial to the job she does and, further, doubt in her own opinion having knowing that her performance was unquestionably abysmal in her respective practice and position). Here is the story for all who are interested and concerned: I went in for considerable pain in my lower back just after completing another round of chemo. After hardly reviewing my symptoms and doing no more than pressing on the location with her fingers she ordered only a painful x-ray and then upon returning from Radiology, gave me the 3rd degree on my Rxs & cancer - seemingly in disbelief of one or both. Finding nothing in the x-ray she neglected to even consider further problems, even the most obvious of possibilities, according to my Oncologist AND a Hematologist and then she proceeded to lie to me about the legalities of prescribing anything stating that because I have multiple doctors already treating me it would "jeopardize her license", which I have confirmed to be totally false. Had she done her job in diagbosing or ruling out any and all potential emergent problems shed have next ordered an ultrasound. My Oncologist did an ultrasound 3 days later as it had only worsened (both legs had swollen and the pain both intensified and spread to my abdomen and groin) & very quickly (upon the first push of a finger to send blood into circulation, actually) found a massive blood clot (DVT) in my pelvis with a severe risk of breaking off and causing Pulmonary Embolism having then festered for so long under false belief that I had ruled serious problems out at LMC - this could have been potentially deadly had it happened! The fact is that the location of the pain is actually a VERY common symptom of a pelvic blood clot. Therefore, her unbelievable arrogance & lack of care put me at SERIOUS and wholly unnecessary risk of far bigger and more severe problems, to include DEATH, terrifyingly enough. The whole purpose of the Emergency Room is TO rule out or diagnose such severe problems and yet, to Dr Abrahamsen, the entire exam was about prescriptions - I wonder who REALLY has a problem with prescription abuse, given her one-track logic... LMC is a great facility so long as you dont have the misfortune of drawing Dr Abrahamsen, which unfortunately is beyond your control. Her lack of character, professionalism and ignorance has caused me harm, and very well could have been severe! DVT is made even more likely by my inactivity and atrophied condition coming out of chemo yet again. If they place you under the care of Nadia Abrahamsen I HIGHLY recommend discharging and heading to another nearby Emergency Room, seriously. If she can be this ignorant and outright rude then she can and will (likely HAS) do serious and irreparable damage via neglect of basic diagnostic protocol.

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C. Audrey King

Dont go here. They are rude, negligent, and disrespectful. I am afraid of this hospital to the utmost degree. Try St. Petersburg General Hospital if you can; they have friendlier and more understanding medical staff. I am on the Autism Spectrum and I also have a language impairment. (Now properly diagnosed with the help of medical and mental health specialists.) I was previously misdiagnosed with a plethora of mental illnesses and even treated with dangerous psychotropic medication. So my medical history has followed me around like a curse for several years. I will reconsider editing this review if the medical staff here are friendlier and more understanding and let me update my medical information if I have another encounter with this hospital. I have obtained the proper medical documentation from my primary doctor, & specialists. It is scary enough to be in an emergency medical situation. I dont need medical staff to make the situation scarier and more stressful for me; while also questioning my credibility. When I am in the ER, I am already scared because I am in an emergency medical situation. I dont express my pain, thoughts, and feelings in the conventional way. So I could be perceived as an eccentric individual. I am awkward and weird, not suspicious. If I tell someone that I am in pain, it means I am in pain. Thats it, nothing else to it. If I tell a medical professional I dont know whats going on with my body and Im scared; it means exactly what I said. If I stutter while I talk; it means that I am getting nervous or overloaded and I need a little more space to breathe. If I talk really fast, it just means I am trying to spill out a lot of information all at once out of my head. I have already had ER staff, doctors, and nurses treat me like crap over the years because of the false and misleading information on my medical history (curse). I am stating this because false and misleading medical history can KILL or hurt people. All I am asking is for your medical staff to communicate with my doctors if I am in an emergency situation. Also, in the past I have also been slammed with random $70-$100 co-payments from ER visits just before I walk out the door with no prior knowledge of it. I am on Medicaid. It didnt happen last time. But I just thought this was kind of odd. St. Petersburg General Hospital: 6500 38th Ave N, St. Petersburg, FL 33710 :-)

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Ryan M

On 6/17/15, I walked into the emergency department at Largo Medical Center, Indian Rocks Campus with a severe avulsion to my thumb; the result of a kitchen accident. I was immediately taken by the charge nurse to have vitals administered, which included blood pressure, heart rate, and temperature. Within twenty minutes, I met with the attending physician, who informed me that nothing could be done for the wound, other than to continue to apply direct pressure until bleeding ceased. He informed me that I was free to leave and that no charge would be entered as he provided no services. The staff was very friendly and professional. And for that, I must tip my cap. However, two week later, I received a bill for $357.57 from the hospital. I immediately called both the billing and patient services departments. I was informed that I was responsible for the bill, and was told that the attending physician did not have the authority to making billing decisions. I explained that I was more than happy to pay for the tests rendered (blood pressure, heart rate, and temperature), but felt that billing the visit as a level 1 Emergency visit was both unprofessional and unethical. I contacted my health insurance provider (who has already paid $855.37 toward the balance), who advised me to file a dispute claim with with the hospital if I thought the billing was incorrect. While this was happening, I received notice from NPAS (Largo Meds billing contractor), informing me that my account would be sent to collections at the end of August if payment was not made. At the end of the day, I paid the $357.57 to avoid taking a hit to my credit score. And while the actual emergency department experience was pleasant, yet another HCA hospital has lived up to its reputation as being a slave to the shareholder. In all, over $1,200 was collected less than five minutes of work. And I didnt even get a clean bandage or lollipop.