Good Samaritan Hospital

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Michael Davis

I would suppose I am prejudiced about my feelings about Good Sam, three of my children were born there, I worked there for 48 years before retiring July of 2015. Let me relate my latest experience with Good Sam. Roughly a week to ten days before Memorial Day I had a "silent" heart attack, didnt know, just thought I strained my left shoulder doing yard work. On the 30th of May, Memorial Day, I began to throw up, eventually feeling pain just below my breast bone. My wife took me to the Emergency Room. They immediately took me back and determined I was having a severe heart attack. Now to be honest, I dont remember much about the next two days, but they did angiograms and implanted 4 stents. There is no doubt they saved my life. I spent several days in the CICU, several more days in the Cardiac unit on 11 C/D while they further stabilized me, adjusted the medicines, determined various other treatment therapies, and provided me with valuable educational information and handouts. Before being released, it was determined I was an ideal candidate for a "Life Vest", a device that would shock my heart back into rhythm should I go into cardiac arrest. I cannot thank all of the nurses and doctors who worked on me and for me enough, and my biggest fear writing this is that if I tried to thank them all by name, I might leave someone out, so I will thank them all, they know who they are, and they do these things every day for numerous people like myself. For now, I am at home, eating a healthy tasteful diet and going to Cardiac Rehab three times a week. The folks at Cardiac Rehab are awesome and the rehab program is great. My follow up visits at the TriHealth Heart Institute could not be better; the Doctors and Nurses take time to explain to me and my wife what is going on, what to do or not do, and genuinely care about both of us.

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Hannah Lindsay

I decided to do the tour when I was pregnant and was told numerous things, such as I would be able to walk around during labor and use the labor balls, have my husband in the room when I had my epidural, and have no men in my room, even put up a sign that said no men allowed. When I got there the first person to deal with me was a man which I told them I had high levels of anxiety about, after I was brought to the room I asked to walk around as I was not dilating any more and the nurse flat out told me no. There was no medical reason I couldnt. As the epidural person came in, who was a man, I really wanted my husband next to me and the nurse made him leave. Eight months later I still have pain from the epidural, which is not normal. It took the doctor and nurse so long to get in the room when I repeatedly told them I was ready to push. Then my epidural wore off and I had to wait at least an hour for him to show up. After having my baby and being in my room I was told the nursery wouldnt cost anything, they lied again. I received the bill which had the nursery on there. They wouldnt let me put a sign on my door and they let people in when I told them I didnt want anyone in there. Also they MADE me give my child a bottle after her hardly losing any weight when I was very adamant about breastfeeding, I blame them for the confusion. I was lied to numerous times and would never recommend this hospital to anyone.

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Kelly

We had a horrible experience at Good Samaritan and will not go back there. My husband had surgery and spent 4 days in the ICU ... the bed was broken and he spent 80 hours in a bed with his feet pushed against the footboard. His knees and feet were swollen. He was suppose to be moved to the 15th floor on the 5th day ... it took 7-8 hours to get the room cleaned up there to get him moved. My husband finally asked for someone in administration. They informed him that there was confusion about the room between the cleaning staff that thought it was clean and the people with the "yellow light" zapper - it took 7-8 hours to get it done. My husband told the administrator about the broken bed .... he was then moved to one that worked. The staff was not trained (or did not offer any assistance) when he got in and out of bed .... "asking" him how they could help him. In other hospital experiences - they assisted "us" in telling us the best way to get in and out of bed for the best results, after having major surgery. My husband did all that he "had" to do to get them to release him. We will not go back to this hospital for any of our needs.

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James Broffardski

Some things never change: In 1874, Mary Rafferty, an Irish servant woman, came to Dr. Roberts Bartholow of the Good Samaritan Hospital in Cincinnati for treatment of her cancer. Seeing a research opportunity, he cut open her head, and inserted needle electrodes into her exposed brain matter.[6] He described the experiment as follows: When the needle entered the brain substance, she complained of acute pain in the neck. In order to develop more decided reactions, the strength of the current was increased ... her countenance exhibited great distress, and she began to cry. Very soon, the left hand was extended as if in the act of taking hold of some object in front of her; the arm presently was agitated with clonic spasm; her eyes became fixed, with pupils widely dilated; lips were blue, and she frothed at the mouth; her breathing became stertorous; she lost consciousness and was violently convulsed on the left side. The convulsion lasted five minutes, and was succeeded by a coma. She returned to consciousness in twenty minutes from the beginning of the attack, and complained of some weakness and vertigo. — Dr. Bartholows research report[6]

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A Private User

I went to the ER because I accidentally used Deepwoods OFF instead of my eye drops. I dropped five drops into my eye, and flushed it out immediately at home but couldnt stop the burning. When I got to the ER, I tried to explain what happened, but they blew me off and placed me in the "non-emergency" category. I waited for two full hours before getting treatment, and during that whole time I could feel the alcohol burning my eyeball. When I finally got in, the Dr. asked if I had "sprayed a little Off" in my eye, and I explained again what had happened. After flushing it out, I had to demand that they stain and look for abrasions, and they finally said there was one small one. The antibiotic they gave me was thrown out by my ophthalmologist the next day, as useless. The alcohol burned off the membrane covering my eyeball and this would not have happened if they had treated it right away. This was not a particularly busy night for them either. They only thing they did right was to flush my eye with saline, several hours too late.

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Rosie Moon

The ER nurse Stefanie was horrible and rude! I went to the ER due to a severe tooth ache. The doctor prescribes me Tramadol. I explained to her that tramdol makes me nauseous and sick and can she please ask the doctor can I have something else. She tells me its not listed as an allergy so I can take it. Then suggested I try it again with food. I told her that I was already in pain and dont want to be nauseous too and please go ask for something different. She tells me the doctor wont prescribe anything else and thats all that he gives patients. What kind of ER is this when the protocol is only "tramadol??" She got rather nasty and stated she would go ask. Then she comes back and says it will be 15 min before the doctor will see me and do I want to wait?? Why would I go home if I never received any help?? I cant say this place is a 1 but the care I received has been less then pleasant. I never heard of having to argue with a nurse about MY care. Stefanie is a joke and I hope to never see her again!!

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