Elsa Wheeler

Review of Allegan General Hosptial

It seems that men and women receive different care...

It seems that men and women receive different care. I was at this ER about 3 months ago with what I believed was pnemonia. My
symptoms were a low grade fever, severe chest pressure, and coughing up fluid. I was told it's viral and there was nothing that could be done. Well, I brought my boyfriend to the ER last night with those exact same symptoms. They took him seriously, did chest x-rays, confirmed he had pnemonia and put him on antibiotics. He received great care (mainly from the male nurse). Me on the other hand, I was blown off again. I asked the doctor (who barely seemed to have time for us) if I should be concerned because pnemonia is so contagious, I work with kids, and I have been having a chesty cough and pressure. Both of these symptoms mimic how my boyfriend's pnemonia started. The doctor told me, "what he describes is pnemonia. Yours sounds viral". I asked if I could receive antibiotics to prevent being in my boyfriends situation. He said yes. At discharge, I asked the nurse if he needed my information for the prescription for me. He said there wasn't a prescription for me and that I had to go to my doctor and tell him "you have a cough and your boyfriend has pnemonia". Why would the doctor tell me he was going to and not keep his word? Wasn't I already at the doctors, isn't it their job to care for everyone? Anyway, if you want to feel cared for when you're not feeling well and your a woman, you may not want to come here. Apparently, only men can be taken seriously.