IU Health Bloomington Hospital

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Maria Villa

If youre going to the ER, dont expect them to consider it an emergency. Expect a 4 hour wait without being seen by a doctor. Staff was incredibly rude throughout the whole stay completely disregarding how loud they talk( which is unbearable pain to the patients ears.)There is a lack of care for the patients, pushed call button yet no one showed up, they turned the room light off so no one knew we needed anything anymore. Call buttons do not get answered. Lack of supplies including pillows and bed extenders. This is just absolutely ridiculous the treatment thats being given. This hospital is a total joke. "Best hospital to be at" .. TERRIBLE hospital where youre igored for hours upon hours regardless of how much pain youre in, if its time for your medicine, or even if they know you havent eaten in three days and are continuously getting sick. They simply do not care for their patients correctly. And its so incredibly blatant that there are no cares given in the least bit. Absolutely recommend Monroe County if they can tend to your needs. Also, throughout the stay at iu bloomington hospital weve had multiple nurses and doctors in and out. .only 2 of them have actually been treating him nicely but theyre off now and were not even in the same unit anymore. Its just frustrating not getting the help that you need or the help theyve informed you youll be getting. Also, its disgusting to me that the nurses(RNs on the fourth floor for night shift on April 2nd 2017) will lie on charts and try to get the patients only person there for him kicked out when theyve been treated with nothing but kindness even when theyre continuously rude. Im absolutely disgusted with this hospital and the treatment thats been received . Not ever will IU facilities be used by our families again. I strongly encourage anyone who can to seek other assistance if possible. .you wont regret it. God bless.

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Etho07 Ethan

My family has always received excellent care here. All of our families children are born here and have been for generations. We have always recieved beautiful care from this Hospital. Our youngest child who was 5 at the time broke his arm at the ymca and was rushed to the ER because it was such a bad break. He was treated with great care and love. My oldest son was rushed to the ER when he was 10 and had his apendix removed, after the surgery the surgeon informed us that on our sons ex-ray it showed that he might have Spina Bifida. After having him tested it was determined that he did in fact have Spina-Bifida and his spinal cord was tethered to the base of his spine. He was born like this and it wasnt until we took him to the IU Health BLoomington ER that this was properly identified, had this wonderful Doctor not found this our child could have very easily become paralyzed. The Booomington Hospital set us up with a wonderful Neurologist at IU Health Riley who assured us of her ability to do our sons spinal cord surgery. If you are a parent then you know that there is nothing in this world worse then your child being sick and there is nothing you wouldnt go through or do to help your child and when we could no longer help our son the wonderful doctors and nurses at Bloomington hospital did. I applaud and give my deepest respect to the Doctors and nurses at Bloomington Hospital.

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Katreen Boustani

I wish I could give this hospital less than 1 star honestly. A few months ago we rushed my boyfriend to the ER after he stated having really strange severe muscle pain and heart palpitations. He was born with a heart murmur and told the nurse up front about this and that he suspected there was something wrong with his heart and that his pain was an 8-9 out of 10. Despite this, they took their sweet time and we waited for 2.5 hours before being seen. Finally, when we did get in, we didnt even see a real doctor! Only a physicians assistant. This assistant, while very pleasant, did NOT run an ekg, or check his heart out whatsoever despite us suggesting to do so. Months later, hes seen a specialist and learned that he has a serious heart condition and the cardiologist who saw him was baffled at the horrible misdiagnosis (the physicians assistant from the ER had suggested he was experiencing muscle cramps but said she just "didnt know what was wrong" and sent him home) He was also disturbed by the absurdly long wait, as the situation was very serious and could have been fatal. Im shocked and disappointed at the horrible service and horrible expertise. We went to the emergency room needing emergency care and did not receive that at all. Thank god my boyfriend was lucky and survived long enough to seek other treatment. The staff here was dangerously incompetent.

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Karen Soo

Went to the ER with excruciating lower back pain. Ive had back problems for 30 years and had some awful pain, but nothing like this. I rated the pain 10/10 for first time ever. At home, I had stabbing pain when I stood up with the support of a walker, then the stabbing pain started again after taking a few steps. I would sit down for relief, but within 2 min had stabbing pain again. Could find any relief at all only when curled up in a ball in bed. At the ER, I asked to lie down while waiting 2x but was told no, just sit there! The intake girl was so rude and condescending. Then, I had to wait several hours, sitting in a wheelchair in excruciating pain before I was helped. I cried the whole time. Once someone took me back to a treatment room, the staff were nice. They gave me pain medication to get my pain under control but said they couldnt send me for an MRI. Then they left me in another area to wait for a ride home. I wasnt sure where I was or if my ride would know where to pick me up, so I started to walk out. Couldnt wheel myself in the wheelchair or push it, so a staff person showed me how to push it from behind. So, I walked out to the main drive by myself pushing the wheelchair for support. A 90-year-old friend had to help me to the car. If I ever have to use the ER again while in Bloomington, Ill go to Monroe Hospital.

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Michelle Slaughter

My mother had emergency vascular surgery on Saturday and will be there for another week. Tonight, they put a woman in her room that was transferred from Bedford Hospital that was supposed to be in isolation due to being septic. Luckily, my brother was in the room when the nurse for the other woman came in and told her family that they would need to be "suited up" and wear gloves to EVEN ENTER THE ROOM due to the severity of her contagiousness. All-the-while, my mother and brother were sitting next to them listening to the nurses conversation WHILE EATING DINNER! If it werent for my brother going to the nurse and telling them that they overheard their conversation, THEY WERE GOING TO LEAVE MY MOTHER IN THE ROOM, without protection! They admitted that the other woman was having a C-DIFF test done and that "the doctor ordered the woman to be in isolation". My mother stayed in the room for an hour a half after-the-fact and told my mother that they will let her know if the other woman tested positive so she could be tested. Im so beyond angry and no wonder people say this is the hospital to come to if you want to die! Im thankful that I DO, in fact, have the audience to make sure this is made well aware of.

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