Eileen Barbieri Review of Holmes Regional Medical Center
Hospital.
Hospital.
It's a Hospital.
People are admitted to a hospital because they are sick and need to recover.
They don't go into a hospital to get sicker.
A beloved relative was admitted with aspiration pneumonia who gets well enough over a couple of days to be discharged isn't supposed to then get hospital acquired MRSA pneumonia, isn't supposed to get much much sicker, weaker, and think " I AM DYING ".
Should not require a new team of several doctors, an additional almost two weeks on iv antibiotics, lose ability to ambulate, lose all hope ...
A person who has gotten MRSA pneumonia in the hospital should not have to then get a roommate who also has MRSA pneumonia, who yells out all night long, who impedes her/his recovery.
While most of the professionals caring for patients are very good at what they do, the fact that a preventable infection can cause a patient to become much sicker and have to remain inpatient much longer than original diagnosis warrants, is not only unacceptable , it is Inexcusable.
Notably the nurses and doctors are genuinely concerned and dedicated. Sadly, experiences and observation revealed many CNAs do not follow protocol, are lazy, slow, disrespectful, uncaring and probably not suited for employment in hospital setting.
Many issues. No baseline of comparison. How does Holmes stack up with other hospitals?
Who knows?
Given a choice, maybe somewhere else is a better option...
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