WAIT UNTIL THE CONSTRUCTION IS DONE!!

WAIT UNTIL THE CONSTRUCTION IS DONE!!

This is not a review of Pine Grove, it is a warning of conditions you may experience. Pine Grove is currently renovating the main building where the offices, cafeteria, psychiatric and detox patients are housed. The patient rooms are being renovated one at a time from the outside. They are literally knocking down a section of outside wall to access each room. The door to the hallway is kept locked, but it does not keep out the construction dust, sounds, or smells.

The room adjacent to mine was under construction. A jackhammer was used throughout the day. Dust from the concrete floor that was being demolished was coming into the hallway through the gap under the locked door. It was also coming through an open vent in the wall of my room.

I complained to the staff multiple times and even spoke to the manager of the Facility, a Ms. Fran. I was told the facility was completely full. I believe she intended to express empathy when she said she could hear the noise in her own office. That office happens to be on the other side of the building on a different wing.

I could not bear being in the room until well after the crew left at 5 and the dust settled down. During this extensive time spent in the common area, I saw three other patients moved to other rooms. I hate being lied to, probably about as much as I hate snakes and other critters I was afraid would through the vent in my room still open to the woodsy outdoors.

Day 2 started with the jackhammer and dust again. The last straw was the smell of raw sewage that started to come through the vent. I left the facility. I still don't understand why the discharge was considered against medical advice. I can not imagine any ethical physician would advise a patient to inhale sewer gas, breathe asbestos dust, and enjoy the lovely sound of a jackhammer from 5 feet away as part of a treatment program.

Pine Grove has a great reputation as a treatment center, but this is wrong on so many levels.

I am still amazed that they actually billed my insurance company for the room. Actually I'm not. If the bottom line was not more important than patient health and safety, this would not be happening.