Forbes Regional Hospital

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Kaitlin Rose

Why no option for 0 stars?!?! I was involved in a head on collision where I was rushed in an ambulance after being pulled out of the totalled vehicle. My left knee had suffered immensely as I could only see a hole in my pants and skin hanging from it. I was placed on a stretcher in the pouring rain and finally put in an ambulance where none of their vital machines were working. After arriving they performed an MRI which shown a hole in my left knee so immediately I was placed under Anastasia and woke up with an immobilizer on my leg. Also a drain was placed above the knee. During my stay I had no help whatsoever going to the bathroom, was laying in dirty pads for days if I didnt fix myself or my family visitors. They released me with one attempt of getting me out of bed to try using a walker or crutches. They neglected to finish with me and I never had any stability help when leaving the hospital. I couldnt bend my left knee. It was diagnosed a left knee laceration. What I had to determine myself was that my knee had totally hyperextended to the point of it blasting open. The doctor has completely neglected me since I missed an MRI due to sickness from what I was concerned is a parasite. My girlfriend and I were both showing signs of some kind of infestation. We visited the E.R. twice since my surgery on March 1st with this issue and my just-healing wound across my knee was never examined or even taken into consideration. I gave a stool sample filled with worms and the test was negative. I am deathly afraid there is something infested inside of me and my knee is going to suffer. Some parasites are only detected if ever in blood, MRIS, CT scans....I am hoping there is no underlying issues in my knee which was neglected to be checked up by my surgeon. And was made out to be a joke by the front desk staff and secuirty. Let alone the fact that I am afraid I am sick with a parasite with a newly healed wound which could have even highly possibly came from the filthy hospital when I was there in March. There were larvae looking creatures in the ER bathroom facility which were also infested outside of the hospital. All along the sides of the building were infestation. I moved back to my hometown in Philadelphia and plan on further investigation to avoid suffering anymore and being neglected and misdiagnosed. Hopefully my knee at age 30 will one day be somewhat normal again. Forbes is a filthy, ill-equipped and MIs- knowledgeable facility.

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Jake Grady

DO NOT GO TO FORBES. I admitted myself into the psychiatric ward in early September of 2016 because I was suffering from depression. The day I was admitted, I could tell that something very awful was going on in this hospital. I was not delusional. I never have been. When I arrived at Forbes hospital in early September, I was treated very poorly by the staff almost immediately. Later on during the first day of my admittance, I was physically abused and beaten by a staff member. This was a rage beating. He violently attacked me out of anger; pulled me Into a room and roughly beat me to the ground. He punched me repeatedly in the arm and rib cage. (I even had painful bruises to prove it).I was screaming for help and nobody came to see what was going on while this happend. He then violently restrained me and tied me to a bed and took photos of me on his cellphone while laughing and mocking me. I was alone in a room with him the entire night as no other employee came in to check up on me. The hospital even admitted to this being against their rules. There are supposed to be two employees in the room at all times when somebody is restrained. When I called to inform the hospital of this happening, they sided with the man who beat me. The man who abused me denied any of this happening. He lied and told his managers thats he only restrained me and blamed it on my mental condition. THIS WAS COMPLETELY WRONG. I met with the manager of the deprartment shortly after, and he basically insured me that even though he knew it happened, he would deny it. The hospital staff and even director of the unit covered it up though there was written evidence it happened. They were very hostile with me and even threatened to kick me out of the meeting when I was explaining what happened: This was not taken seriously by any of the staff. They refused to be nice and look into the incident for fear of their company suffering any losses. I have not spoken about this until now. This hospital is absolutely unjust and the employees are morally corrupted and DISTURBED. You will be mistreated and they will deny it happening. NEVER admit yourself or a family member to Forbes in Monroeville.

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Denise Grabowski

First, I want to say the emergency room doctors were wonderful. The only problem in the emergency room the nurse forgot to have the MRI team to get me. I was in an accident , injured my back I layed there for 7 hours before the nurses had someone get me only after my husband went and told them this is enough. The MRI team was so upset that this was done to me. I was admitted because the pain was unbearable. The night nurse was great. She came in and gave me my pain meds . The next day the morning nurse. I called and asked if she would help me to the bathroom, and was told to go myself. I had no idea how to get there with the ivs . I did not eat for 24 hours. I asked for a simple cup of tea which I never received. Then a smug doctor came in that I never saw before and told me to go home. I was misdiagnosed by this doctor. The emergency room doctors diagnosed correctly. I will NEVER go to this hospital again. The only reason I will give two stars is because the emergency doctors were wonderful. The nurses are totally uncaring!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Mary Hicks

If you or a loved one are facing mental health issues, a visit to Forbes Hospital ER will make them WORSE. I took my friend there because she was having horrible anxiety attacks. Forbes has a behavioral health unit, but you wouldnt know it from the way they treat ER patients with behavioral health issues. They drug-tested my friend (all tests negative, of course), observed her for a few hours and then released her. That was it. No referral, no followup and the very large male nurse working that evening was particularly rude and callous. I noticed a social worker helping another patient, so I called back the next day to see if she had any recommendations or suggestions for my friend regarding her mental health issues. I explained the recent hospital visit and what I was looking for to the Forbes social worker, who replied: "Why are you calling me?" I have no idea how Forbes keeps any of its accreditations or patients. I gave them one star because it wouldnt let me post with no stars. Otherwise, they would have gotten none.

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Ashley Egan

I went into the ER there was not another patient on the whole floor. It was literally just staff standing around so they took me right back. I got a gown on and a student came in right away to assess me. I was told the doctor would be right in. There was an ambulance that came in and they had to attend to that situation first. which is completely understandable.. I had 2 kidney stones and a kidney infection I was in the most pain I had ever experienced. Not a nurse nobody came in after waiting and waiting and eventually my mom went out and asked if we could get some assistance because I was so sick and in pain. They still didnt send anyone in we decided to wait 15 minutes more and then we left. We went to East and even though they were packed and on a 2.5 hour wait I got more service in their waiting room than I did with 15 staff members available at Forbes. I was incredibly disappointed at the treatment and lack of treatment I received.

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