I must hate myself because every time I have an em...

I must hate myself because every time I have an emergency I end up back here. It is only because it is the closest. DO NOT GO HERE or any Brooklyn ER unless it is literally life and death like a gun shot wound. Otherwise, get yourself in a taxi to Manhattan.

During my latest attempt at using Methodist, I called an ambulance after an adverse reaction to anesthesia and a (better) Manhattan hospital. I was too afraid to make the hour drive back up there so decided to go to Methodist because I knew all I needed was IV anti-nausea drugs.

It was depressingly over crowded with a man continuously shouting "GET ME OUT OF HERE!" It took forever to get seen even coming by ambulance. Obviously overcrowding is indicative of the lack of ER resources in the area but someone please staff this place up -- with more competent staff and better protocols.

Here's why: when I finally got a bed, I had several nurses try to locate a vein and failed to do so, instead injecting my ARM with IV anti-nausea meds. Incredibly painful! Incredibly incompetent! I had IV earlier in the day at a Manhattan hospital with no problem. I was covered in needle marks from Methodist. My partner had to basically stalk the doctor around to get him to see me and give me dissolving anti-nausea meds. They also took blood work for no apparent reason.

I was there over FOUR HOURS just to get a few anti-nausea pills. And the craziest part? THERE WAS AN OPEN NEEDLE IN MY HOSPITAL BED. I regret not taking a photo of it because that is so insane and dangerous and there is no excuse, however busy you are.

I swear to g-d this is the last time I go there. The time before this was in February when they MISDIAGNOSED a disease I had and a specialist corrected them

S T A Y A W A Y ! ! ! !