Barbara Smith

Review of Altoona Regional Health System

I had a joint replaced in April and spent most of ...

I had a joint replaced in April and spent most of the time crying in pain because nurse flat out refused to give me my pain medication! She stood at the bottom of my bed and was,a bully! No one gave me fresh water till the day I went home and no one gave me anything to wash up with the whole stay. I never saw an aide till the last day either. When I was told I could go home after 2 days I was very happy but it was too soon as the nurses had not ordered PT and the day I left was the first time I had got out of bed to walk. Also what right do the nurses have to go thru your things while you are sleeping including your purse? My nurse was a control freak and a bully and I was helpless and at her mercy because I could not get out of bed and walk at all. I will die first before I go to this hospital again!
One last thing, a few yrs ago I had my gallbladder removed there and came down with a horrible strain of MRSA that came very close to getting into my bones and brain and would have killed me. All of my pain and discomfort and 10 weeks of IV antibiotics at home because of a dirty unsterile operating room and an incompetent Dr! MRSA stays in your body for the rest of your life and can become active at any time and kill you. So thank you UPMC! One star is too much!