Beaufort Memorial Hospital

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A Private User

I was a patient in 1999 having my first child in this hospital. My stay was atrocious. Labor and delivery was so busy that my room was a closet, literally. It was a little room that had been being used to store an extra bed and a chair. The Naval Hospital had just begun delivering there, and there was no room in the inn! The next morning, I didnt get breakfast, because obviously, the cafeteria person couldnt be expected to know that there was someone in that "room". The nursery policies were detrimental to breastfeeding, they took the baby to the nursery and he was there for several hours, thus interering with bonding and getting nursing off to a good start. They also gave him artificial nipples even though I did not want him to have any. The majority of the nurses were excellent. There were two nurses who were less than stellar, and one was not professional though. She should not have been working with new (hormonal) mothers at all in my opinion. I was a patient again in 2003 and admitted in through the emergency dept. for gallbladder issues. I had just delivered my second child (much better experience in another hospital). The ER staff was great and again the majority of the people were profesional and courteous. My only complaint was that my new baby daughter was not allowed to stay with me in my room. She could come vist, but couldnt stay with me. This of course presented an issue for me as an exclusively nursing mother to my newborn. There were no problems with room comfort or cafeeria issues. They took excellent care of my physical issues regarding pain management etc. I have been seen 2 other times in the emergency dept (asthma attacks both times. The staff was professional, except a nurse who was triaging- (both times) surprisingly I remember her first name as Eva. Otherwise the visits went well, I was treated and released. in a reasonable manner. I was also a patient there in 2009 a few times for problems with my pregnancy. (I was receiving care elsewhere, but went to BMH because it was the closest hospital.) The first time my care provider had wanted me to have a kidney ultrasound, it wasnt done. All they did was put me on the monitors and told me I wasnt having contractions (which I already knew I wasnt- as this was not my first pregnancy). They also had me urinaste in a cup, but then didnt bother to dip it- just threw it out and the nurse said I needed to drink more water. Funny because I had told her i was extremely thirsty when I arrived- it was summertime, I asked for some icewater and she said wait til I was processed, then disappeared for more than an hour. The second time went better and I was admitted for a couple of days and released. The third time was sent straight from my new doctors ofice regular prenatal visit for testing and a direct admit. I was then stabilized, then transferred to a different hospital and induced. Overall, a decent hospital, but if there was another closeby I would use it instead of BMH. I do not recommend it to anyone- especially those expecting a baby.

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michael pennington

I went to the ER on April 10th because I was have chest pains they took tests and X-rays and said they could not find any thing wrong and told me to go home I told them that my chest was still hurting and I was not feeling good that I wanted to find out what was wrong but the doctor that saw me her name was Meghan Cummins she saw me two times that night and told me there was nothing she could do. I found out that it is policy that if a patient complains about chest pains like I had they are suppose to keep you for 24 hours for observation but that did not happen I was sent home. On April 11th the very next day at 6:30 pm I had a Heart attack well from what I was told I was in the midst of have the heart attack when I was in the hospital ER the night before. The doctor was just in a hurry to get me out of there. I told patient advocates about it they was they are going to do an investigation and let me know what they found out. The patient advocate called me and told me that she is going on vacation and would get to it when she gets back how convinient for her that she does not have to do the investigation let it go until I forget about it no way will I forget about it that was my life on the line I will not rest until that Doctor is no longer able to practice medicine any more. I do not think it is fun to play with peoples lives just because you feel like it. And not only all that they lost my clothes that I came in with and told me that they would send me a check to cover the cost of replacement of my clothes that was last week and here it is Monday the 25th and still nothing. If you read more of the comments below you will see more of what I am talking about. They let a woman with the same symptoms I had die I feel sorry for the ladys family I hope that this never happens again. I will not stop until that doctor is no longer at BMH. As you can see they respond to other peoples post but they ignore mine I did get a letter in the mail from their patient rep her name is Rita Brown and she said that the Doctor did what they was suppose to do nothing more nothing less. I guess letting people nearly die is protocol here in sunny Beaufort Memorial Hospital. After my heart attack I came back with a blood clot in my lung to how great is that not even a week of being a week out of the hospital. You know that there has to be more wrong with this hospital than they are willing to let the people know if the ratings are just 2.7 they just keep making up excuses to make people happy. The people that give License to the hospitals need to look at BMH long and hard to see what is going on there to see why people are talking about. You want to IGNORE me I will keep posting.

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Betsy Arrington

At first I thought my experience was pretty good. I was sent to ER after 55 mph broadside auto collision (not my fault). I had severe chest pain, headache, backache and several other issues. I had CT scans (thought one was done on my head, later found out it wasnt), xrays, IV. Had to ask for more pain meds for my headache later. When I got copies of my records, they were very wrong. Stated no head ache, right thumb injured (left), no CT scan of head, no bruising (had bruising from seat belt, both sides of nose (nose is still crooked), no abdominal pain (had pain there, just not as severe as chest pain), not allergic to meds (highly allergic to penicillin and sulfa drugs). According to EMT I had red raised area on back where I said it hurt and my neck hurt. I was told they would correct the records and when I contacted the administrator, I never received a call back. I am having a hard time getting the insurance to pay my medical and I need more care, due to the erroneous records, plus if I were to ever be admitted unconscious, there would be no records as to my allergens. Also stated my gait was normal. It was not and still is not. May not ever be. No one asked me to walk, plus they would have nothing to compare it to. A few other errors. I am sure I was in shock at the time. I knew no one in the Beaufort area, the girl turned left right across in front of my car. I had to call a friend in Charleston to come get me (my vehicle was totaled - frame broken, front end smashed). He did say that they were taking me to do a CT scan on my neck and head (so I know I did not imagine that). I have shown symptoms of concussion, nerve damage and abdominal issues. Everyone was nice in the ER, but I feel it is imperative that medical records are correct.