Bristol Regional Medical Center

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David Watson

I just visited your facility earlier tonight and the treatment I received was far from right. The last time I checked I thought discrimination was illegal. I came in for an Abscessed tooth and a possible yeast/bacterial infection and all I asked for was antibiotics and anti inflammatories to bring down the swelling so I could eat again. I was treated very nicely at this point. The nurse practitioner offered options for what could be done and was very sympathetic until it came up in my chart that I was on subutex. I did not know there was a law saying you had to tell the doctor you were on it, I had thought it would just been in my file. If I HAD known this I would have told her. Telling someone you are on that kind of drug is not exactly the easiest thing to do, it is embarrassing to admit because 9/10 they will judge you for it. Which is EXACTLY what happened. After seeing this in my file she very loudly (many people outside probably heard that I was on subutex including other patients) stated that is was illegal for me not to tell her I was on it and automatically assumed I was trying to get painkillers. It was so embarrassing, after she left the room I was so upset and embarrassed I burst into tears. For one, I have NEVER been addicted to any kind of painkiller, illegal drug or alcohol. My addiction started with subutex and I have never had any other problem. I have rarely taken painkillers in my life, very few situations besides an ovarian cyst and tendinitis have I ever had to take them and I barley would then. After this loud announcement she did her best to get me out as soon as possible, I was treated differently like I was just some junkie off the street trying to get pills when I mentioned nothing about painkillers at all. All I asked for was the antibiotics and the anti inflammatories.I even made a point to tell her ibuprofen helped my pain. They said the would try to drain the infection from my mouth. That didnt happen. And more importantly I was never tested for a yeast/bacterial infection which should have been done because the doctor could not have known for sure what I had or if it was either of those. This was plain old fashioned discrimination. And it was emotionally distressing for me.I will never return to this facility. The care I received was extremely poor at best. I already have issues with self esteem and self image, this was just damaging to my emotional state. If I was treated badly enough by the staff as to make me cry, there is a problem here.This can not be allowed to happen to others. And I will not allow it. With no thanks, Emily Flanigan

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Megan Smith

Was in here for labor and delivery, first nurse I dealt with was amazing up until the delivery of my child, then night shift nurse came on duty and she has no clue wth shes doing! she kept waking our baby up saying she needs to feed like every hour! Ive had 3 kids (counting this one) and from my experience the baby will wake up when shes hungry, you dont wake a sleeping baby, I could understand if hours had passed and she wasnt waking to feed, but that wasnt the case! So glad I only dealt with her the one night!! Terrible hospital pediatrician on call too, they said my daughter was tongue tied, so they took her to clip it, was only gone 5 minutes with her, came right back and she was still sleeping and didnt seem like shed just had a precedure done on her tongue, now a week later we took her to our family pediatrician and they said shes still tongue tied and its not been clipped before, so they lied about doing it! My doctor didnt reexamine me before I left nor did anyone else, and I had stitches put in! Terrible terrible staff!! Ill never go here again, Ill drive further away if need be!!

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Lee Wickings

This is the worst hospital I have ever been to. My daughter is pregnant and was having an allergic reaction and they thought they would leave her in the waiting room for 3 hours. They had people come in after her for a cold and they went back before she did. That is stupid and I do not recommend going to this hospital for anything. This hospital is also noted for telling girls that are pregnant that the have a UTI and that they should be taking meds and they prescribe them to the girls. I have a daughter in law and a daughter that are pregnant and that is what they told both of them and when they went to their doctor it was not the case and the doctor said that this hospital has a bad habit of telling everyone that they have a UTI.... smh Dont go to this hospital because they have no clue what they are doing.

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Laura Fugate

Worst hospital ever!! If you are sick might as well drive to a different facility and if you have a heart problem just go ahead and call the morgue. They will check you in and leave you there and NOT check back in. My mother was there for 6 hrs and they didnt offer anything to drink or food until she just left on her own. I called to see what was taking so long and they said they couldnt hurry the doctor and dont even try talking to the charge nurse they will leave you on hold. Holston Valley or Indian path is the way to go for any help now those are in and out ER and actually care about the patients that come in.

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Lewis Pingo

I was brought to the emergency room multiple times after a disastrous surgery. The hospital staff was a nightmare. Nurses were cold and uncaring. Doctors were laughably inconsiderate and lacked basic common knowledge. Security was like frat house high jinks, staring and making rude comments about me just outside my curtains. I was in the emergency room for three days and never brought to a hospital room. The entire staff is disgracefully incompetent. The only thing done with any sense of importance was the collection of my insurance information. PLEASE do yourself a favor and go anywhere else for care.

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Kourtney Turley

I have to say I am not impressed at all. The nurses I came into contact with all seemed great! They were nice, kind, and very helpful. The doctor? I have no idea. He never came to see me. I had the nurse come in to ask me what the doctor had said. I told him he hadnt. So he told me what was going on, and discharged me. Later, I had a question so I called the hospital. The lady was VERY rude, and cut me off to direct me to the ER before I ever said I needed the ER. So, great experience... NOT. I may live closer to this hospital, but I think Ill be driving to VA from now on. What a waste of time.

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Steph Sexton

Worst health providers I have ever even imagined. They violated my HIPPA rights and confidentiality, one of the officers was practically shouting outside my room to everyone "did you know so and sos sister (he knew my brother, another officer, from the Bristol police dept) is on meth amphetamine!?" because I am prescribed ADHD medication... I was kept up all night crying due to the medical staff gossiping about me outside of my room. Very disturbing that a hospital is allowed to do this by whatever supervision they might have.

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