Kat Red

Review of Methodist Health System - Meth...

On Dec 26 2013 I had a heart attack about 2:30 pm ...

On Dec 26 2013 I had a heart attack about 2:30 pm while I was with my daughter. We were very close to Charlton so she took me there. We both told them I had had a heart attack. They sedated me with a morphine drip - then when my daughter told them I was having a reaction to the morphine, they started other narcotics. I was out until the next morning --- 16 HOURS LATER -- when I was finally diagnosed correctly. I was finally taken to the OR and one stint was put in an artery. Three days later I was sent home. I was gasping for breath and ready to throw up. Two days later my daughter called 911 and I was taken to Mansfield Methodist. Within ten minutes, I was undressed and rushed to the OR where another stint was put in an artery they had missed at Charlton, and I was started on medication to get rid of the fluid build up in my lungs. Within just a few days I was able to breathe again.

However, my heart has been badly damaged BECAUSE OF THE DELAY IN TREATMENT and I am no longer the healthy old lady I had been.

MY RECOMMENDATION; IF YOU HAVE A HEART ATTACK IN THE LOBBY OR PARKING LOT OF CHARLTON METHODIST - CALL AN AMBULANCE AND GO SOMEWHERE ELSE. And yes, it is dirty.