This review is not for the Avista hospital in gene...

This review is not for the Avista hospital in general, but for the ER physician Dr. Lisa Patel.

Dr. Lisa Patel came across as an extremely uncaring, incompetent and rude doctor during my visit in December of 2017. She misdiagnosed my problem and kicked me out, completely dismissing my concerns and not even performing a physical examination. I later had to go to another ER setting, where I had an MRI of my neck and got properly diagnosed. The complete encounter at Avista took 20 minutes - in and out, including the doctor's 2 minute consultation - all in 20 minutes. The nurses looked pretty helpless too, like they wanted to do something more, but couldn't, because the doctor didn't think so.

I've had other, positive experiences at Avista, so just want to reiterate that this review is for this particular encounter and doctor.

P.S. The funny thing is - I was in the room that had a picture on the wall that said something to the effect of Avista wanting you "not just satisfied, but completely satisfied" but that experience somehow turned into "not just dissatisfied, but completely dissatisfied".