Piedmont Newnan Hospital

Reviews 3

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Owen Spellecy

Called an ambulance for the first time in my life. The medics were amazing, they were energetic, dedicated and very informative. From my research online, it looked like I had severe sciatica but the bigger issue was my bones in m legs were feeling like they were going to explode. I am not a doctor but that I wanted to be as informed as possible for my first ER visit. On the ride in the ambulance the medic performed an EKG and showed great concern because it appeared as though I had an anomaly indicating at blockage, my resting pulse is in the high 40s and I am not the athlete I once was, in theory it should be around high50s or 60. The medic also performed a lot of blood work. When I met Dr. Hill and explained what I was feeling, I made it clear that I had never had it properly assessed, he said he would get me "fixed up and proceeded to intravenously inject morphine, valium and a steroid. I was then orally administered hydrocodone and ibuprofen. I have never had morphine, valium or hydrocodone. I waited maybe thirty minutes and the pain did not go away it only intensified. I was told that I was being discharged by staff. I explained that I was in the same condition that I come in and would not be able to make it back to my hotel. I could literally not stand for more then a minute. As a former athlete I have endured great pain, broken bones, knee issues, injuries not foreign to high level athletes. I explained it was embarrassing to call an ambulance for myself while at a hotel and would not have done so if the pain wasnt unbearable. I was treated as a patient with sciatica and no regard was given to my irregular heart beat or extreme bone pain. I was told I was being releasesed shortly after the drugs were administered and the doctor did not even come in to see me after I asked to speak with him to inquire as to why I was being released. They sent me home without even removing any of the EKG pads placed on my chest and calves by the ambulance medics. This is subjective but he seemed perturbed that the medic would offer an opinion about the EKG and when I asked if he was going to look into it further he said "not to worry about it, its probably due to the pain". I asked if a ct scan or mri was going to be performed regarding the sciatic nerve and he stated that I should go back home and speak with a doctor and get one ordered. I have very good BCBS insurance. I told him I will not make it home, I could not walk after 1 minute. When I was leaving after being dismissed I had to lay down in the hallway of the hospital until the pain went away and explained that I could not sit down in a wheel chair. Then I composed myself and hopped on my good leg to the sidewalk outside to lay down on the ground until an Uber arrived. I got out of the Uber three times to lay down in the street until the pain subsided en route to my hotel that was only 5 minutes away. Its a day later after being injected with morphine, valium and steroids along with regular doses of hydrocodone, valium, ibuprofen and prednisone I am stuck laying on my stomach in a hotel away from home with no way of mobilizing back home. One of my coworkers is arranging to drive me 5 hours home in the back of his truck so I can seek treatment. Since when do we administer narcotics, get no pain re and allow a patient to leave worse off then they came in. Understand I have never used a narcotic and rarely use ibuprofen so between all the drugs administered I should have had some response. I can not endorse this professional due to lack of concern for the patient and the information provided to him. Just because sciatica is common it does not mean that you dont owe it to the patient to rule out any other possibilities such as why do my bones throb so badly and feel like they are going to explode? Why is the pain moving to my groin area now?

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Victoria Farmer

I arrived there with obvious trauma. I was in so much pain that in triage my bp was 190/85. There were plenty of REAL rooms open but I was put in the hallway across from the room with a combatant drunk and diagonally from a combatant meth addict (I know these things because the nurses love discussing and making fun of patients very loudly). It took them almost two hours for a doc to even talk to me or have anything done to me. It was almost 30-40 minutes before a nurse even spoke to me (again, besides the two combatant people there were only two or three other patients and before anyone says they could have been busy elsewhere, they werent seeing to the patients, they were laughing and joking in the nurses station). I asked the doctor questions like "is my leg damaged further?" (my whole quad is paralyzed). All he did was shrug and hand me my discharge papers. The combatant drunk harassed me almost the entire time but my nurse was no where to be found and because I was left in the hallway I had no call button and I couldnt walk well enough to find her. They had me roll up my pants leg in the hallway (the nurse) and when she saw the scrapes from me landing on my GRAVEL driveway she accused me of scratching my leg on purpose. Now about this time I hear the drunk DEMAND morphine and a script which he got! Me on the other hand, I was given a pill for pain and no explanation of what could be wrong done verbally by the doctor. I asked questions and only got dismissal. He prescribed me 10 pain pills. As Im limping out intot he parking lot I see a guy that came in after me. Im curious so I asked him how it went and he said he got a room, a shot of morphine.... a script for 30 vicodin, a script for 10 valium, and two other scripts for some steroids. He had just pulled his back, something that everyone does every once in a while.... Meanwhile, my paralyzed leg is still in agony, I said as such before I left, and I have lost even more feeling in my toes since my fall. They did not care. They didnt take my vitals more than once, either. I will be calling the administrator on Monday.

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Tabitha Williams

Two nights ago I went to this hospital.. Just horrible.. 1.I waited in the waiting room for 3hours before being taken back to a room 2.While waiting in the waiting room Im sitting by a sweet elderly woman on a walker.. She said she had been waiting in the waiting room for 4 hours.. She got up and stood at the front end desk for 15 minutes being practicality ignored.. finally she gave up and went back home.. 3. I came in with symptoms of constant diariahh sharp back pain no period for months with a lump on my side and extreme pain.. the nurse comes back and give me pain medication without asking me am i the driver.. i didnt know the policies at the time.. Remind u that my fiance is in the hospital room with me.. 2 hrs later after them doing nothing but a blood test pregnancy test and pelvic exam i still have no clue whats wrong with me.. im not pregnant my pelvic exam came back fine blood tests fine so whats wrong.. i know my body .. they did no further testing they sent a different nurse in to remove my iv she asks me is your fiance driving i say no i am he has no licence .. she says hold on and leaves the room.. she walks in moments later with the nurse that gave me pain medicine without asking me if i was driving.. and she says oh im sorry thats my fault i was supposed to ask u before i gave it to u.. i couldnt find a ride so i had to get myself home .. and they refused to give me my papers with my prescription and my referals.. SO I LEFT NOT KNOWING ANYTHING.. WITH NO REDERALS OR PRESCRIPTION.. UNSURE AND UPSET .. WORST EVER