Bergen Regional Medical Center

Reviews 4

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j w

Summary: staff seem to really care, no smoking, bad food, only decaf coffee, no prescriptions for when you leave, and its overcrowded. Despite all this I had a good experience. I went to the Detox program because they accept Medicaid. I had a good experience, everyone had a good attitude and wanted to help, but they are definitely stretched to their limit. It is hard to see your counselor and impossible to see the doctor. You cant bring your cell phone and need to meet with the counselor to use theirs. They dont let you smoke once you enter the waiting room and you cant go back downstairs or they will kick you out. You must arrive early to be admitted and you must have used your DOC withing 48 hrs of admission, otherwise medicaid wont pay for detox if you are already halfway done your withdrawals, but there is no way for them to know so just say you used last night. It took about 5 hours of waiting and filling out forms to be admitted, another hour to see the doctor, and about 20 minutes after that they give you medication for withdrawals and a nicotine patch if you need it. The treatment is the same for everyone depending on which drug you use. For alcohol they give librium and stay for 5 days, for opiates they give suboxone for 5 days, Im not sure about benzos but you stay for 7 days. They give you plenty of meds for other symptoms like vistiril for anxiety, neurontin for restless legs, flexiril for muscle cramps, clonidine for high bp, motrin for pain, some kind of sleeping pill, and maybe more depending on what other conditions you have. There are NA and AA meetings 2-4 times a day, and a counselor lead group session 1-2 times a day. Entertainment is limited to tv, books, and cards. For suboxone it is a taper, 8mg all at once as soon as it has been 24hrs since your last high(dont take it too soon or you will precipitate withdrawals), the next day 4mg in the morning then 2 more 2mg doses, third day 2mg 3 times a day, then 2 mg two times a day. A lot of people chose to skip doses if they were feeling okay so that they would have less withdrawal from the subs once they left. Other people chose not to take subs at all and just use the other meds to get through withdrawal. On the fifth day they wake you up at 5:00am and ask you to get ready to leave. You get one last dose of suboxone 2mg. Then they let you leave 2 at a time. Security will give you a bus pass but you must wait until 7am for the pass and 11am for the bus..

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brandon pacheco

This is a bullshit clinic and they just want your money i went in there to talk to someone about my moms passing and i volenterally walked into the building and they sat me down and tried to force me to change and take test. Reminder i volenteered to go there myself. Then they are saying on paper i am suicidal. Just to keep me there treating me like i am an idiot lying to me about what they are trying to test me for trying to take all my belongings. I dont care what their job is they just will do anything to make an extra buck. Luckily enough one nurse realized im normal and stopped treating me like im psychotic. I told them stop questioning me like im one of your practice dumbies. Who are they to say i have to pee i a cup or draw blood from me? I volentarily walked in so why are you trying to dress me up and keep me there for ten hours or more. This place does not want to help they want to find any excuse to keep you there. They thought i was stupid enough to just pee in their cup and let them take blood. So they can make up a lowsey excuse as to why im suicidal supposably. So i get up and tell them your not taking my phone and someone lied and put in the computer system i am suicidal i told them i never knew it was possible my iphone can kill me. Worst treatment ever i am a normal human with i miss my mom who just passed in june with stage four lung cancer no one said i wanted to kill myself or never even worded it that way. These people here get a lowsey degree to just give bullshit to people who just want someone to talk to. Now i am going through extra paperwork and now somehwhere on a file it says i am suicidal i want that removed immediatly false claims just to force yourself into thinking you are crazy. You guys are crazy for trying to bullshit people to grab some cash. But god forbid a normal citizen bullshits someone then there would be a lawsuit. But since the government backs you up you guys take advantage of your power.

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Trish Medora

Being subjected to the abuse and negligence of this facility leaves me at a loss for words. How? How could this be the United States of American? What happened to our constitutional Rights? If we can not protect our most vulnerable citizens what does this say about our country? Americas most vulnerable citizens constitutional rights are being violated. This is no secret. How can our government allow this to continue to happen? This is a disgrace to our country. The abuse that the disabled, elderly, and mentally ill suffer from at the hands of employees at institutions such as Bergen Regional is very serious as well as life threatening. The treatment is barbaric. It is hard to believe that human beings in our country could be held hostage behind the walls of Bergen Regional treated as prisoners at the mercy of the hands of employees who seem not to have any respect for human life. There should be an undercover investigation of this barbaric facility. Patients have died due to abuse and negligence that is common place here. Numerous cases have been documented. Lawsuits have been won against this institution, but it can not bring a loved one back. Hearing from employees who would like to tell me how great this place is and how unfortunate it is for me to have had a bad { isolated } experience, do your homework. Absolutely NOT an isolated experience. I can only hope that you and your loved ones will NEVER suffer at the hands of such abuse. An absolute disgrace to our country.

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BI

big city

I went there cause my shoulder got injured, and i couldnt raise my hand up cause it hurt in the shoulder, so i went there and told them what meds i was on and told them i cant have any pain meds, after that i sat in a room where nurses are hanging around and after 5 minutes a nurse come up to me and says if your shoulder hurts that much like you say why are you moving it around it doesnt look hurt to me pointing at my right shoulder... And i said its my left side and why are you watching me. and than another nurse came over with a paper like arm sling, no apologize, nothing, went and had xray and waited for the doctor and the results were i had tendonitis. I climbed up on a snowbank and grabbed on to a clothing bin in a parking lot and i grabbed to top and the snow gave in and i was hanging there with one arm for a sec or two but i must have aggravated it. The feeling that i got from being judged before the"doctor" even saw me...would say if i was faking or drug seeking behavior. i told them where you fill out your info that i cant have pain meds but i wanted to know how bad i injured my arm, that was it... Ive must have been right cause they put my arm in a real sling... I had no choice to give a star or they wont let it be published. SO I GIVE YOU TWO THUMBS DOWN AND NO STARS.

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