Lakes Region General Hospital

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Kevin Russell

Where do I begin? The ER, while its doing its "best" to keep up, fails. It leaves patients unattended for hours while 1 doctor in the entire ER helps 50+ rooms. The nurses are doing their best. The facility in the ER department is dirty and OLD. It looks like something from an old TV show. Dirty floors and old uncomfortable beds. The doctors there are knowledgeable, enough. The time it takes you to get a hospital bill is 6+ months, by the time you receive it you forgot you had even been there. They have staff that tell you "It is covered by your insurance that I can see you" However, (in this particular example) when I saw this (therapist) I received a bill from the hospital saying that it was not covered. I do not have insurance! I dont have an income. I go where I can get my services covered, clearly this therapist didnt know that I didnt have insurance and I was billed. However, I gave them the proper identification and ID card for my Medicaid and was still billed. The Hospital itself is trying to keep a float in the busy times. While the main hospital is nicely set up and the staff are great and helpful, the services fall short. I took my health else where after my surgery because I felt I would get worse not better. Again I want to stress this the STAFF are GREAT! The services not so much... That is why I give this Hospital and its affiliates 3/5 stars

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Scott Brown

Bad bad bad!!!!!! Blood on floor in 2 spots trash on floor..have pics..tokk 15 seconda for the nurse to clean room...dr tried to give me ramdom unnecessary labs for high sugar from diabetes..wanted to check blood sugar witch is cool but checking heart lungs and keytones and blood tests are not needed so i said no..u can check blood sugar but no labs that are not needed..have had diabetes for 12 years so i have a clue about it..thenhe tells me we r the ER we wont just give u insulin we have to do all labs..i said no u dont i was was a couple years ago and u tested blood sugar gaveme a shot and went home..he said im not giving u insulin...funny cause youll give livesaving drugs to a junkie w no questions or labs but not a diabetic..so do a complaint...LRGH is a joke..unless u r litterally dieing do not go its worth it..to many labs that are not needed so they canmake a buck and DR .S. Who are not good at anyone thing..i wont let this go until they give me an appology and fore dr or settle out of court...i was teeated like i just wanted drugs....

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Deborah Moulton

I recently brought a friend to the ER and was appalled at the condition of the hallways and waiting room. There was trash on the floors (soda cans on the tables in the waiting room, Iced Tea bottles on the floor under a chair, and floors were filthy). We waited 3 hours for x-rays, blood work, and a urine test which was never even done, to find out that the blood work and x-rays showed nothing. Unfortunately, the patient left with the same amount of pain and an answer of, " It could be this... so, try this". For a $100 dollar co-pay, that is not acceptable. Also, while waiting, there was a room that had a johnny, bloody gauze and cotton balls and a ripped off bracelet on the floor for over an hour. Not to mention the security guards sat in chairs in the hall with their cell phones watching videos on their phones with the volume up. Great new entrance, but I think the back side of the building physically suffered along with staff that must have been let go due to cuts.

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graciela blanchet

I went to the ER twice in the last couple of weeks as I became highly allergic to mosquitos. Both times I had to my primary care in DE to help me long distance. The first time at the ER, went with an eye shut swollen. Waited to hour to see a doctor for 1 min (timed by my husband) who prescribed Benadryl, which I was already taken and had not help. The second time I went in with 12 days old an underarm infection for which my PCP had prescribed adequately but I was one of those cases for which it did not worked. Again after a long wait, this time saw a nurse practitioner who prescribed Bactrim again knowing that I just finished ineffectively 10 day of Bactrim. Ended up at Mass general..... Please avoid this place!!!!!!

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Sarah Roberts

My 4-year-old daughter fell off the monkey bars at 4:30. Unable to get in to see her Meredith based primary care physician, we took her to the Laconia Clinic (a first time for us). We were seen upon arrival, with no wait. The providers were very sweet and immediately gained our daughters trust. After an x-ray and splint, we were on our way home by 7:00. The following morning, I contacted the Orthopedic office. Unable to get an immediate appointment in Laconia, I was referred to the Gilford office. The waterproof casting process was seamless and we were back home in time for lunch. From falling to playing again in less than 24-hours!

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Randy Hawkins

Ive had 4 ER experiences at this hospital and I couldnt be more satisfied. The most recent was Tuesday, 5/16/2017 for an appendicitis. They were professional and efficient and showed compassion. They got me scheduled for surgery the same day and the procedure went perfectly. The overnight stay was as comfortable as one could expect with a caring and efficient staff. This was the second surgery in the last thirteen months at LRGH and I feel fortunate to have such a facility so close to where I live. Thank you LRGH!

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Dez Therrien

Maternity ward is terrible, Nurses were mean to me because i was young. and did not bring my baby into my room Had to walk down long hall after c section to nursery to get my baby because i cou;ld here her crying! while nurses said it was good for them to cry, and Iwas a baby for wanting pain meds after a c-section that the Dr prescribed .They . induced labor which resulted in c-section Dr had golf shoes on hmmm. was my labor not fast enough?would not bring a dead pet there.!

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Joseph Hoffman

Ive heard from many people if they were dying outside of LRGH they would ask to be taken elsewhere. From the reviews it looks like folks agree. Something must be done. Healthcare is screwed up enough as it is without having to deal with more headaches. I just read a "letter to the editor" today in the Laconia Free Sun paper (8-18-17) which stated they cannot do anything to treat alcoholism. They turn people away. Seriously? This place needs to be investigated.

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Ryan Gilbert

BEWARE!!!!! you will have better results from a vet!!! my 9 year old know more then the doctors here the nurses doe nothing but talk and think they know something when they really dont when you hit the call button they take 5 or more min to respond they dont listen to what you have to say there more worried about what insurance you have instead of what is wrong with you never again will go there

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William Breen

Our experience at lakes region general hospital emergency room is one of the worst hospitals to go to they are so slow sitting around doing nothing keeping us waiting for hours when they was slow and then they put us in a room with blood on the floor which is gross and unsanitary this hospital needs people that need and want to do there damn job this place is horrible

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