My husband went the ER with severe chest pain and a bad cough in March of 05'. The staff was very unprofessional and showed no consideration for him being a sick patient. I just thought to myself well the doctor will be thorough at least... Well that was what I thought. He came in and stuck a stethescope on his back and had him breathe in and was like.. ohh you have just some bronchitis. He didnt order a chest x ray or anything!! He just gave him some cough syrup and zpack. well come to find out after a few days he got worse. I calle dthe hospital back and demanded that they recheck him with blood work and a chest xray. Well, they did and found out it was Pneumonia. They did wave the bill and was courteous but this could have costed him his life. This was due to a bunch of nurses and doctors being in a HURRY.
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