Peconic Bay Medical Center

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Kathryn Paling

Im not the kind of person that would take time out of my day to write a negative review, but I feel like this hospital needs to be called out! I went to peconic bay medical center in so much pain, thinking, "Thank God Im here; they will help me." I was greeted by an older woman named Clare. When I called the hospital for the names of the people that were on staff that day I Conveniently only got their first names. Clare looked like a sweet grandma so I was thinking she would be nice; boy was I wrong. She was more like the wolf dressed as the grandmother from Little Red Riding Hood. As my mom is signing me in because Im not able to move due to the pain, Clare asks me whats wrong and I tell her I have awful, unbearable abdominal pain; she asks how long Ive had it and I say two days but now its way worse! And her response is: "You should of come in earlier; why did I wait so long?" Then she proceeded to motion us to the waiting room area. I cant express how much pain and discomfort I was in. Also, Im not some girl that cries easily, Ive had 2 c sections and played sports with bad sprains while growing up. Its now been 20 minutes, then 40 minutes, an hour and Im still sitting in excruciating pain. I start screaming in pain it feels like my stomach is being ripped out! Clare comes up to me and says whats wrong what side is the pain on and I say left and her response is, "Well, its not your appendix; so theres nothing I can do." Then she proceeds to tell me that Im being too loud and that she had cancer and never acted how I was acting. She said she was going to contact the head nurse. The head Wicked Witch of the West is more like it! I never once saw the head nurse until the very end and when I did see her, DONNA she did not care one bit about the pain I was in. I asked her how long was it was going be until I was seen and she said "Sorry, I really dont know; people have come in before you." I had been waiting in that wating room -- more like a torture chamber -- for 4 hours in the worst pain in my life! Arent hospitals supposed to be a place of healing and helping? Dont nurses take an oath to help people? It was the worst day of my life with pain. So I left and went to Stonybrook hostpital and Thank god I did! They saw me in 20 minutes and were so helpful And caring! The peconic bay medical center is not a place to go to feel better its a place to go and suffer! This hospital does not even deserve one star!

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Mariah M

I have been in the ER a few times for different reasons and different people, but the most recent time I was in there a week ago, with a friend. She was in there for 10 hours, and only saw her doctor twice, once to write down what her symptoms were, and the second to tell her he was leaving and the new doctor was coming in. They kept her in the hallway on a bed, throwing up, and hysterically crying for 10 hours, 3 feet from the nursing station, and not ONE person helped without me bugging them, and even then it would take them FOREVER to even just bring her pain medications. Her doctor just stayed behind the nursing station and in the office back there, and would come out periodically and see me holding her hysterically crying and/or throwing up and would say nothing, or not even come over, or order her more pain medications. I would even look him in the eye and make a motion for help, but he would just look away and walk back into the back office. When he came by to let us know he was leaving for the night, I mentioned to him that he was giving her pain medications that are instructed to not be given on an empty stomach, and reminded him that we told him upon arrival she hadnt eaten in 14 hours since we got in, so if in fact, due to her medical history with ulcers, and that she may have one, that, that would have made her ulcer worse. So I asked him if her testing was done and if she could eat (she hadnt eaten at all in , he said yes, and that hed send someone to bring her food. No food came at all. I was VERY angry the whole 10 HOURS we were in there. The only two people that were helpful and nice, was a nurse named Ricky, who wasnt even her nurse, and I believe an x-ray tech named Danny. Other than those two people I do not recommend this ER to ANYONE. If at all costs I am never bringing myself or anyone there ever again, third time was definitely the charm, but not in the ERs favor.

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James Bond

Stayed there for 3 weeks around thanksgiving 2013. It is by far the worst hospital I’ve ever been in. they let trainees do the work, they can’t put an IV in and they seem to only have 1 person that actually puts IV’s in, very sad indeed. They like to make sure they run every imaginable test possible to you in order to bankroll their account, I’m surprised no insurance companies have questions why they do the same scans & test every other day? Lastly if you need a nurse or help they are nowhere to be found and if you get a headache while there, you’ll suffer immensely. The food there was uneatable, they like showing a little film on the TV about how they care about your diet & needs and if there is a situation to let them know, well I didn’t eat for nearly 3 weeks, they kept bringing food I could not eat and when told about it didn’t care. If you need help eating for whatever reason, forget about it, you’ll just stare at the food, they won’t help. I was unable to move for a while and saw food come & go and when I was able to move told them I could not eat it due to heath reasons and they basically did nothing about it. As for medications you may take on the outside, they will take days to get you some of them regardless of its purpose, even then some of them you’ll never get. What they did give me for reasons of being there when asked what they do, they just told me to take it, after a while I refused to take anything until they fully explained what it was and even then 2 were found to be given to me for unknown reasons, then it was stopped. My only tip, go anyplace else buy there, a prison hospital or a POW camp gives better treatment. I’d rather bleed to death then every go there again.

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andrea augeri

GO TO STONYBROOK INSTEAD!!!! THEYLL SEND YOU THERE ANYWAY BECAUSE THEY ARE INCOMPETENT,MALICIOUS, EVIL,STATE, AND FEDERAL LAW BREAKING MONSTERS. I,d rather die then ever go to that hospital again. I was a nursing aide for stonybrook hospital for 7 years when I was a patient there. The staff at Peconic bay treated me like a roach after finding my work badge. The ER Manger donna actually screamed at me and a nurse threatened me. I was tachycardiac and they kept commenting how hight my heart rate was and did nothing. Not only was I harassed I was put on a watch and spoken to like a criminal and treated as such. When I signed against medical advice papers to leave legally they sent police after me(very illegal) Having worked at 3 medical facilities in my career Id rather die then ever be a patient there. They violated my rights, violated HIPPA laws ,humiliated me, mistreated me and laughed at me to my face. Its been over a year and still it haunts me. Im a highly skilled, college graduate, with a state certification from the state to help others as a cna myself. I know the laws, policies and regulation. No one should ever suffer that place.dont be fooled by a single good review. They run illegal practices. They are monsters. I came for help I left with a broken sprit. I still have nightmares. Not from being sick, from the atrocities done to me there. They should be shut down. They violated state and federal laws every other hour and I know those laws well. Dont ever ever go there anywhere but that hospital. Its not a hospital its hell.

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