NYC Health + Hospitals/Harlem

Reviews 6

GR

Grace Texter

It is horrific how terrible this hospital is. I would not recommend that ANYONE go to Harlem Hospital Center if they value their health. I am a type 1 diabetic and I went to HHC because my blood sugar had been consistently high for almost two days. Anyone with a basic knowledge about diabetes knows that this is a problem that can quickly turn into something VERY serious, like diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA). I went to HHC to try and prevent myself from going into DKA. After waiting in the ER for over 5 hours, they finally put me on a stretcher so I could rest while I waited to be admitted into the hospital. After ANOTHER 5 hours, they finally took steps to admit me. For some reason, the hospital has a policy where they confiscate your medications until you are discharged from the hospital. This meant that they took my insulin away from me... This entire time I had been the only one administering insulin to myself while monitoring my own blood sugar. They gave me breakfast before I was transferred to another floor. After I ate I knew I needed to take insulin but they had already taken mine away. I told a nurse. She did nothing. An hour after I ate and was transferred to another room, my blood sugar had reached 350 - the highest I had been in the past 48 hours - a number I was trying to avoid by going to HHC in the first place. I told the doctor and multiple nurses that I needed insulin and all they could do for me was tell me that they ordered insulin for me to take and I would have to wait. Finally, after 2 more hours, I decided that I needed to discharge myself "against medical advice" in order to take my own insulin and save my own life. The doctor and nurses were rude and attempted to guilt me into staying. A nurse convinced me to let her test my blood sugar before I left. She didnt tell me what it was until I had to ask her and she told me it was 340 - this is a medical impossibility because my body does not produce insulin and there could be no way the number could have come down. I tested my own blood sugar with my own meter - I was over 500. The nurse had either lied to me or their meter was not working - either way they were literally killing me as I stood there trying to save my own life. It took another hour for them to track down my medications and gather the paperwork for me to discharge myself but I thankfully got out of there. I was eventually able to stabilize my own blood sugar from home with vigilant testing and insulin injections. It is truly horrifying that HHC caused me to reach the point that I was trying to avoid by going there in the first place. I have never experienced anything like it in my entire life. A hospital is supposed to be a place where people feel safe and can go to heal. HHC is not one of these places. If you value your health, do not go to HHC. Please, reconsider another hospital before resorting to that nightmare of a hospital - they dont deserve the label - they almost killed me...

---

MI

Miguel Santa.Cruz

Mi nombre es Miguel Santa Cruz :Quiero agradecer,al Departamento de Emergencia,a todo su personal médico y auxiliares por magnifica atención,1ro.un muchacho le puso a mi esposa el canal de televisión en español 2do ,los Doctores,me atendieron con mucho cuidado,ya que tube un problema con los ligamentos de mi rodilla,3 ro el departamento de rayos X ,igual forma,4to,me suministraron mis medicinas,de lo cual me estuvo bajando,poco a poco el dolor 5to,me dieron mis prescripciones(medicina)y cuando me iba de alta el mismo muchacho de la limpieza se percató que las muletas que me dieron ,faltaba ponerlas a mi medida y me solucionó arreglandolas,cinceramemte me impresionaron,"Gracias por todo" y tanbien ,que me estaba olvidando,me dieron sándwich y jugó .

---

YO

Yolanda Tanner

I cant Co!plain about Harlem hospital if yall think Harlem is bad try going to Lincoln,youll be in there from 6 to 8 hours dead ass all so you can get medication with a side effect thats gonna bring you back to the hospital for something else and thats at any hospital,the doctors dont care about us specially the ones thats from other countries who know about herds,when they family get sick they dont give them medication they go straight to the herds what they was raised on with no side effects,start doing your homework my black people ,they are killing us slowly with these medications and gmo foods ,if youre working try to start buying organic foods if its you have a family mother and father put yall money together and start buying organic food ,you live a longer and healthier life,if you dont believe me do your research please because the doctors are not gonna tell you this,they need sick people like us to keep coming to the hospital to help them make money to take care and feed they family the right healthy organically way please take heat in this ,good luck because were gonna need it

---

MA

Mac Aura

Went to Harlem hospital due to severe abdominal pain stood in the hall way in pain for 4 hours I asked a nurse where are the doctors she said one will be with me shortly which is what another said to me 4 hours prior... they gave me a room and shut the curtain for another 4 hours where I was still in severe pain and began to vomit.. finally my bf came and started cursing at everyone before a doctor finally came to see me (mind you there were no emergencies taking place or anyone giving birth), I was laying in that bed for 4 hrs with a needle in my arm no medical attention.. in severe pain AND all the doctor did was give me a VERY strong pain killer which also knocked me out (sleep) for another 3 hours.. then gave me discharge papers and told me I was fine.. I came to the doctor for medical attention due to serious blood loss through PMS ..I found I had severe anemia from another doctor at a brooklyn hospital.. dont go to Harlem if you value your life.

---

TA

Tara Dickerson

I went to the e/r on the hospitals second day of reopening. I received.care immediately for my injury aside from the quick paperwork process. Reception and staff were polite and cheery and definitely made me feel comfortable in the nervous painful state I was in. Security is on point for sure. They aint playing! Upon my follow up visit, again, no long wait. Some nurses and assistants need to try harder in pronunciating names and need to turn it up a notch or two for deafies like me. Reception in the part I visited need to brush up on or be taught to inform appointed patients what to do when given paperwork that should go to the reception so that they will be assured their name is recognized and will be called. If I hadnt asked about the paper given to me, I wouldve been sitting unseen for the day because said paper was needed for check in....Other than that, its a beautiful hospital, I like it.

---

HE

Hemmy Flores

It was horrible, just horrible. My mom had gotten surgery and they were treating her as if she just scraped her elbow and thats all. I called a nurse for a robe and sheets change about 4-5 times and they finally payed attention after I became really upset and so did my mom. That was about 1 hr later after I told the first person that we needed assistance. Everyone but the main people like the doctors and the surgeons are very very unprofessional. And lets not leave out the person at the front desk. He kept saying that my moms name wasnt in the system and being very rude as if I didnt know what I was talking about. Making sure I dont come here again. Even the person my mother shared a room with was very rude to me, if I can give 0 stars out of 5 I would.

---

---