I would give less than one star, if I could. This ...

I would give less than one star, if I could. This is not something that I normally believe in doing, but I can't let another family go through what ours endured. In the middle of June, my Mother was admitted into this hospital. The trauma unit as a transfer from another hospital for a MINOR tear in her esophagus. They put her in a room and FORGOT about her for 13 hours.

It wasn't until she went into cardiac arrest because of a Pulmonary edema that they realized she was there. They almost killed her. Even worse, the doctors and nurses told me that it was their error. They told me it was their negligence. She missed more than a MONTH of work. She had multiple surgeries to repair all the damage. I mostly got apologizes and we well won t let it happen again A person shouldn t have to almost die before they are treated properly.

We contacted several lawyers about a mal-practice law suit but they told us that the cost of the lawsuit would be more expensive than the settlement because she did end up recovering. They almost killed her and there is nothing anyone can do about it.

She might be just a number to lawyers and the doctors who almost killed her but she is my Mom and she means the world to me.
To add insult to injury, they lost her dentures while they were shuffling her around trying to cover their butts. Dental work is extremely costly and they were about $2000. She filed an insurance claim with the hospital and they said they needed to do an investigation.

It took them MONTHS to decide that they would pay for the loss. And now despite having said she would be reimbursed they have not paid and avoiding her phone calls. They always are in a meeting or have some excuse. All she wants is that check so she doesn t have to be embarrassed and without teeth in public.

I think that Albany Med has made her suffer enough. Write the check. It s, literally, the least you could do.