Carrie Foster

Review of South Georgia Medical Center

Went in by ambulance for back and hip pain so bad ...

Went in by ambulance for back and hip pain so bad I could not bare to stand, sit or lay! Was treated with compassion. My primary doctor called on video chat and told me if it worsens to return. 2nd ambulance ride around 6pm, got there no room available yet. Im screaming in pain. Finally in a room, doc in and ask me to move my leg. I lifted it slightly in pain, " if you can move your leg, you can walk. You have cronic back pain, im giving you a steroid shot and a brace". She leaves the room as I realize she going to do anything for me. Nurse comes in im crying begging for another doctor, my doctor who happens to be in the hospital at the time! He says he will help me and leaves! Doctor comes back and ask why I was cursing her nurse? I wasn't I replied, Im in pain and want an exray done! She said an X-ray would not show a pinched nerve even though I thought I had a ruptured disk. She and for me the South Georgia medical was not there to manage my pain and recommended I follow up with a pain management clinic. She then left the Room at this point I'm angry and I get up and staggered to the nurses desk asking for someone to call my husband to take me to another hospital. They continued to try to make me walk and when I finally got to the front lobby I hit the floor. Crying in pain I began asking for an administrator. As my son rub my back to comfort me and everyone there was staring at me while I rolled on the floor in agony. Someone came down who is supposed to be a an administrator with the doctor I was having issues with and I front of everyone " there is nothing wrong with her, she can walk! She has chronic back pain!" (HIPPA VIOLATION) My son tells them we aren't leaving and saying that security steped in and asked us to leave! I layed at the front entrance for 45 min waiting for my back brace they never brought. Following morning I was admitted by my Neoroligst for unmanageable pain and upon MRI I had a totally ruptured L5 and S1 and received two disc replacement and my spine braced 2 days later. Morphine for a week! This was the worst and most traumatizing event in my entire life and I was completely humiliated by the staff. Do not go to this hospital in a time of desperation!