Ana Montero

Review of Palisade Medical Ctr

This hospital is a nightmare, give your symptoms a...

This hospital is a nightmare, give your symptoms and you are immediately diagnosed without any additional testing.

My past experience for the past 2 years with Palisades Hospital has been horrible, in the past I ve had wait until my daughter was discharged from the ER to run from Palisades to Hackensack Hops. to ONLY find out my daughter needed to be admitted, how did they find the issue? THEY PREFORMED ADDITIONAL TESTING! Had I not followed my instincts to take my daughter to a better hospital, she would had been in a worse and very painful situation.

Had to bring my mom in being her UNION claims this is the ONLY hospital she can be seen in with her insurance along with Jersey City Medical Center (2 of the worst). Brought her in for a pain in which has caused her to not be able to walk, lift her her, stand etc. basically paralyzed with-out an explication, she has to use a cane and even with that she is unable to move an inch on her very own.

Victor (PA) took advantage of a previous diagnose many years ago which I am sure he found on the Hospital system (EPIC) we confirmed her previous diagnosis as well.

Mom was previously diagnosed with a (Herniated Disk) 7 years ago, her symptoms related to her back and upper thigh CLEARLY come from her previous medical issues (which I can understand) BUT Victor (PA) would not look into the problem deeper as far as to her MAIN complaint which was the pain also coming from the groin area.

I had to request the actual Doctor to come in because the (PA) Victor showed 0 care 0 compassion 0 empathy, he rushed the entire process along with his assistant at the moment, when the nurse told him we requested a Doctor, his attitude was uncalled for. I laughed it off because as a medical precessional, I understand that you can become lazy through out the day and lets also put some blame on me, because my attitude switched the moment he opened his mouth and responded to her symptoms.

Dr. Andres Baquero came in and examined my mom further stated MRIs are not done at the hospital, Mmmmmm jajaja, I BOOK MRIs, NUCs, CTAs, Sleep Studies etc. EVERY DAY! At Palisades, I am close with other PAs and DRs whom have confirmed that information is complete BULL**** he really wanted to get away with that one, he completely ignored me and continue to ask my mom the same question to prevent responding to my comment in regards to the MRI..

The kid next to us had insomnia, his parents were concerned, very worried, he showed 0 COMPASSION! Told them they could not do much for him (0 TESTING) this kid looked as though he hasn t slept in years.

I could not help but over hear the ridiculous way he would respond to the patients, his dismissive reactions etc. It s disappointing, if I could get a hold of his license # and NPI I would file a complaint against him.

They gave my mom a steroid shot (awesome) that s exactly what I knew she needed, the prescribed her with muscle relaxer (ok) and a pain killer (I could have prescribed her that my self) but her comes a hefty bill FOR ABSOLUTELY NOTHING!

Please try hard to stay away and go to Hackensack or any where else with better reviews.