Salt Lake Regional Medical Center

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Deb Hatfield

Im not sure why so many people kept giving me aspartame post op(major large incision for an exploratory surgery to look for cancer- removing tumor), but they did and I kept getting vertigo... my mom calls the cafeteria to ask if there is aspartame in anything that I got, it was, after two days of vertigo and telling them repeatedly that I was allergic (in a sense, but really the stuff is brain poison and my body just reacts that way-some people die from the stuff!). My discharge was hell, I was throwing up that day, the doctor says that I need more observation, but she disappears, the nurse barges into the bathroom and wont stop standing there staring at me as I ask for privacy. NIGHT BEFORE, my iv was caput and this dude comes in high as a kite! He says he needs this or that, three or four times, leaves, comes back in a daze, to put a new iv in, I follow him out one time and hes just staring at a computer for a long time and I ask what hes doing, and he just says something incoherent, comes back with the needle that touches his hand and I tell him hes done, not touching me, the needle is contaminated and I dont trust him, I almost died from an infection years ago and am not going to let that happen again (true story and the reason that I have to have another surgery) the other nurse in the entire wing acts Shady, reminds me of an abusive nurse I knew in Arizona, REAKS of cigarette smoke, I ask the only person that doesnt completely terrify me to Help and I will wait for someone else (who doesnt look like they are wandering around the hospital abusing drugs). So, morning when I am puking, I still dont have another IV in and I wait for HOURS for someone to put one in to give me fluids and pain meds, nurse1 who barged into my bathroom has made fun of me repeatedly, is overly defensive, then comes in and asks for my hand (worst and MOST PAINFUL place to put an IV and totally unnecessary, I have good veins unscathed inside my right arm AND Im leaving...), being a medical professional myself I laugh and show her my right arm, untouched by any needles and with perfectly good veins, she gives me a snotty look and says that the hand is best... I feel like I"m in the movie mean girls so having been recovering from very invasive, most painful incision (6 plus inches straight down my belly) having had vertigo to top it off and having puked and not received nutrition or fluids for hours... I call her out on her crap and tell I know she sees this is a high school game and something to laugh about, how she can be mean to me as she thinks Im this horrible mean patient... I tell her to never touch me!... I wait even longer and another nurse2 comes in willing to give me an iv in my right arm, SHE doesnt seem high, I explain what happened, shes cold, gives me fluids at the fastes rate possible and no pain meds, I am discharged and later my insides are on FIRE, because I was given saline too fast, fluids too fast, I have a HUGE cut straight down my stomach, you dont do that... horrible... horrible.... I go home screaming in intense pain for an hour, she made me swell extremely fast, until I get my prescription for pain meds... seriously... people??? Treating people like cattle??? These are helpless human beings!!!!!!! Get your head screwed back on!!!!!!! Get some compassion! STOP ABUSING DRUGS!!!!!!!!

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Russ Gibbons

These guys/gals saved my life after a serious heart attack. I have a bad heart and bad heridity genes for heart problems. Well om thursday night my all my arteries but the aortic clogged off. So i was a v8 running on 3 cyclinders. I have really good insurance and had a previous heart attack and had a stint done 5 yrs prior here also. I was there 8 days and dr. Stringer and dr cox were 2 fantastic well trained dr and surgeons there staff was equally ON IT FOR THE WHOLE ORDEAL.and amazing people. There staff is amazing. I was never without anything more than a minute or two. That was vital. The beds are crap and the place is old.....I walked passed it everyday in grade school and every day from junoir high. Had a crossing gaurd named george i knew 30 yrs. Its like a solid hospital. But there are some staff that shouldnt work at these places or have no sense at all what the F they are doing. Like one guy kept coughing on me after open heart surgery but he was repremanded right in front of me and handled instantly. I mean i get sick and got to work but after open heart surgery? One african amercan girl on nights was just rude....im a people person and i complimented her hair and nothing just didnt want to even help me. I asked for something to eat and was ignore i told her supervisor and she personally went and got me sandwich and chips in 10 minutes. But i saw young staff in the mornings and veterans at night. This hospital can get really busy and that sucks bad. Like one minute best care and then gets spread to thin and costs skyrocket. So matt, kyle, john, hannah, rickey, loise you guys are my heros im alive and i have this team to thank for it. The doctors and staff i dealt with do not reflect this hospitals online reviews or goals at all. And remember you get what you pay for. I had no insurance the 1st heart attack and 1 stint was $55,000 i said no way i cant pay that so they took off $24,000.00 to help me. I made payments for 5 yrs at $500.00 a month. I talked to the Dr and my kick ass insurance almost paid the whole bill. Im left owing like $5600.00 and they gave me a 20% cash discount to pay off in full in 2 week. So im alive and saved some serious money. I have the money so it helps there. FANTASTIC CARE!!

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Paula Pilivi

If you can drive just a Lil further go to the LDS hospital. ..Ive been there and the service is top notch...I was in so much pain. Even though the waiting area was empty it took forever...after I went to do a CT scan I was left in the room for 2hours not one person came to update or check up. I advised 2 nurses I couldnt take specific medications because it makes my stomach bleed. They kept trying to give it to me. I even wrote it on my application. When the Dr came in about 2hours later...I thought it was a joke because he prescribed that exact medication I had explained to him all the nurses and admissions I couldnt take because it made my stomach bleed. My blood pressure was 144/91 the nurse was like oh well...kinda high but, you have been off your meds so its ok...I havent been on my meds because my insurance had lapsed. Not one person asked me if they needed to give me any. Let alone offer a prescription. The Dr seemed like he had just gotten back from a 2hr break on the golf course. Before he left he told me to follow up with Dr. Xxx my gastroenterologost... i guess the perfect suggestion since i was complaining about my head and heart...drove home. ..realized that the nurse never removed the iv from my arm. My sister ended up removing it.the hospital they gave me demorall I was drousy but made it home ok...right now my head is still hurting and I have cramps in my legs. Im going to see my dr. tomorrow. A REALDR...if you can avoid this hospital. ..avoid it like the plague! Definitely the worst hospital I have ever been to! Its a joke! Its a waste of time and money! I should have driven the 10 or so extra minutes up the road to the LDS hospital. ..