William M. doesn't recommend\r
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I went to the emergency room of this hospital on 3/8/2013. From emergency I went to the third floor. I was diagnosed with pancreatitus and spent four days in the hospital being discharged on 3/12/2013. I had an IV in right arm and lab work on the left arm. Upon discharge my arms looked like a battle zone with redness and hives. After discharge I started getting Hives all over my body. I believe the nurses used some form of latex tape to tape down the IVs.\r
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While in triage I told the nurse that I was allergic to sulfa, levaquin, and latex. This evidently did not transfer to the third floor of the hospital.\r
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On 3/17/2012 I telephoned the hospital to complain of my treatment. The nurse could not find the file on me, and found it only after I gave her the MRN number. The nurse said the hospital does not use latex. I've had severe reactions to latex in the past and know when I have a reaction to this. She said it could have been something at home. I told her nothing was different at home, and I do not keep latex in my house. She apologized for the treatment, but failed to concede any fault on the hospital.\r
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The hospital staff was incompetent if they failed to put on my records that I was allergic to latex. The nurse said she added this information on 3/17/2013 when I telephoned. Secondly, I only tried to tell the nurse what I knew. Her questioning of the facts were unconscionable for someone who had no facts.\r
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Acute allergic reactions can result in death. It would be responsible action to determine in my case what caused the breakdown. I was attempting to tell them of a problem I had to prevent this re-occurrence in the future. Obviously, the staff at this hospital is not amenable to any criticism, and desires no help.\r
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I suppose I will need to go to the Medical Review Board to keep them from killing anyone in the future. Meanwhile, based on my experience at this hospital, I rate their service highly incompetent.
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