University Hospitals Elyria Medical Center

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SaltyR1

My experience was the most disappointing thing I had ever been through with a physician or nurse or triage nurse that I have ever had. I went in with shortness of breath, dizziness and weakness and chest pain. The only thing that they put in my chart notes was chest pain. Which is a big deal, however I had a lot of other things going on as well. Dr. Cullison was the physician In The emergency dept that day. My spouse and child were with me when he asked why I was there and I told him of the shortness of breath etc. and the chest pain. He ordered blood work to make sure the enzyme for a heart problem didnt show up in my blood. However when I called there to complain about it to the emergency room nurse manager Ms.bonnet she assured me that she would look into it. I was happy with her however when I talked to physicians link MsWhitsell for the billing for the physicians and how he didnt acknowledge all my complaints that sent me there in the first place. All she could say was how the doctors notes only had the chest pain complaint in it. Which is a crock because thats not what sent me there. I had been having chest pain for a week and was having tests done by my pcp. My primary care doctor did an ekg and it was abnormal and he was already doing tests which the ER doc was informed of, what sent me there was the shortness of breath and light headedness and weakness plus I was vomiting at home. This was the main reason for going. The triage nurse and er nurse and doctor were all informed of this, as I explained to them the new symptoms besides chest pain and that was the reason I was there. None of them wrote the other symptoms besides chest pain in their notes. I feel that I was neglected and like they didnt hear me as a patient , and since I had a normal ekg there. They wrote off the real reason I was there and didnt listen to me

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Sandra Welch

Hospitals like the Elyria Medical Center are why people do not seek medical care when needed. My son was brought there on 11/6/2015. I was asking, begging for a mental health assessment. Instead, I was insulted, degraded, and his care was basically ignored. The lack of caring by the professionals there is only blurred by the lack of security, lack of following protocol, and the shared bathroom experience of patients from observation, walking in their socks OUT of observation to use the rest room. The same rest room that has broken shelves, reeks, and has a wet floor from the sink. This would be the same rest room used by emergency room patients, observation patients, guests, and anyone else needing it. Even a patient who was homicidal, complained about the bath room. When he was walking around, the unsecured Observation Room. And eventually made a run for it, by punking the ONE nurse and fleeing through the door that was supposed to remain closed and locked. It had been opened by the nurse on duty and remained open for hours. I can not help but wonder how safe the residents of Elyria, Ohio will sleep again, if they found out, someone who is homicidal took off from the hospital and ran around their neighborhood for an unknown period of time, in the dark. A one holer, dirty and dank. Yes, indeed, 21 st Century medical care, has not arrived in Elyria, Ohio yet. Anyone mentions taking you or someone there....divert route.

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Carol Wade

Unless you have a "general" problem, please stay away from Elyria Medical Center and all their "general" cardiologists and other doctors, because its costing lives. Unless you have a death wish, drive to a hospital where doctors didnt all graduate at the bottom of their class. With a grade "C," remember you can STILL be a doctor. Cs get degrees. My sister now lies in a bed at UH-Case Medical Center in Cleveland, Ohio in CRITICAL condition, which means they can not do the procedure needed to open her valve enough to give her oxygen (she was diagnosed with pneumonia and never had it). Her "general" cardiologist said he was having her transferred to Cleveland Clinic; then left for a vacation. She wasnt transferred, because he never put that transfer in, and I talked to the top person at Cleveland Clinic. Though she asked to be transferred, and should have been with no questions asked, she never was transferred. Her condition worsened after a stroke and medication she told them she got very sick on (10 blood transfusions needed), but put on the same medicaiton this time, she wasnt even given blood though she was down two units. Stay away from Elyria Medical Center. There are NO Univeristy Hospital doctors there. Stay away from Parma Hospital and Southwest GENERAL Hospital, unless you have a death wish.

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Dan Hales

If i could give negative stars - i would. I have hated this hospital for many years. I once stated that i would rather die on the sidewalk in front of this hospital than to go inside and be treated. Im back to that and Ill tell you why. On my 4th trip to the ER in three months, a male nurse who came to greet me told me three times that i had a mild sports hernia and that he was convinced i just needed physical therapy to get better. I find this fascinating because, as it turns out from an MRI, that i have avascular necrosis, which means the round ball on the end of my femur is collapsing from lack of blood flow and i will need a hip replacement. Can you imagine the paid i would have been in if i had went to physical therapy? I would have shot through the roof! If you ever need to seek medical care, go somewhere else. Avon or Amherst would be my suggestion.

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Beej1254

Never in my life would I have thought Id witness a Dr. Nonchalantly turn his back to a patient and walk out of the room while the patient is trying to explain why they came to the ER. If UH Elyria wasnt 5 minutes away with the next hospital being 30min + then Id never consider ever going there for help. A patient with chest pain and labored breathing seemingly struggling to speak and hold it together should get the decency from the Dr. to listen to her explain how shes feeling. The amount of stress and panic this act of unprofessionalism brought on was completely unnecessary and surprising coming from a Dr. Especially when this patient has had blood clots in the past. If a Dr. has the audacity to walk out on a patient mid sentence in seemingly no hurry then he obviously doesnt care. What a horrible representation of University Hospitals.

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Lisa Romaniuk

University Hospitals are horrible. I have never seen a doctor or had a service here that wasnt billed incorrectly. EVERY TIME! Plus, for any service they demand that you pay up front based on what they think your insurance will pay and they are ALWAYS wrong, then you have to jump through a thousand hoops just to get your money back. On once instance I got an infection post surgery and my surgeon told me to go in through the emergency room to be admitted. While I laid there screaming in pain, they were standing there demanding payment of the "emergency room" co pay, even though my insurance doesnt require that when you are admitted. They show no concern for their patients at all. Only money driven.

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