St John Medical Center

Good: The radiology department was very friendly and concerned.. Bad: The HIPA rules. My friend, who took me to the hospital could not get in to see me even though no one asked me. He obviously did not know my middle initial or my wifes maiden name...he brought me here in my truck, and then could not see me again. He had to leave after 45 minutes, leaving me stranded without my phone or truck. Why could someone not come ask me if I wanted to see him...of course I did.. Improvements: Being kind to pts. please. A transporter who pushed me onto the xray table with her knee in my "broken hip" and then stated later when I said that I didn't want her to touch me again, because she had hurt me, laughed and said,"I know you cried like a little baby.. Other: Although the break was not seen on the xrays that were taken at your hospital, I was sent home without any pain medicine, discharge instructions addressing the road rash on my knee and shin (altho those were causing me no pain at the time...my hip was indeed fractured) I truly do not know why I bothered coming to your hospital, besides cleaning up some scratches you really did nothing for me, left me stranded without my friend, pushed against my broken hip, and left me with an $1800 bill..... more

To whom it may concern: I have been in a few hospital, but I have never been in a hospital that is as dirty a the St John Medical Center. When my family inquire about, seeing the Manager of the Dept, we were told that the manager would come up to visit with us. Well he did and we were not impressed with his knowledge or should we say the lack of knowledge, due to his poor people skills. We can understand why this hospital is dirty and why we seen housekeeping staff standing and visiting. We, could tell there is no leadership.We, as a family feel that your leaders should show that they care and want to make your hospital an inviting and clean professional appearance. we would hope that this letter of concern would be sent to the CEO of St John Medical Center. We as a family would hope that the manager would be held accountable for the appearance of this hospital and trained in proper people skills. more

I don't really have a whole lot of anything great to say about this hospital other than the fact that it is the only one in the area. Honestly if you aren't dying I would suggest going to portland. I have had a few bad experiences here nothing I did not live through obviously but nothing I would want to do again either. I guess that it really depends on the doctor that you get on if you will be satisfied or not. more