Alaina Williams

Review of Madigan Army Medical Center

Made a trip to the er for fever over 104. I was de...

Made a trip to the er for fever over 104. I was delirious, alone, doubled over in a wheelchair with back and neck pain, fever, and trouble breathing. I recall the nurse snorting in derision in my ear as i replied "here" to her calling my name. This was after the mocking attitudes of waiting room staff as i struggled recite my address and phone # for the second time. Had to have a chest xray. The tech forced my head up into the position he needed with a sharp rap of his finger on my chin. I was in tears from the pain in my back and neck. Instead of the most remote hint on humanity, again, more annoyance. At madigan, neck pain, at least mine, equals spinal tap. Lucky me, this is a teaching hospital... After expressing my fear of the procedure in a moment of clarity and confirming both the name and experience of the Doc who'd be performing it, my spine was threaded no less the 8 times by a first-time student with trembling hands. TREMBLING HANDS! As his peer tried to talk him through again and again, I cried "I don't want to do this any more", begging him to stop. This was met with "you're doing fine". I experienced painful shockes down the left and right sides of my spine throughout. If you're up for playing lab rat to the inexperienced, unprofessional, arrogant and uncaring , you'll be right at home in Madigan's ER.