How do you mess up a test as simple as a MRI? You...

How do you mess up a test as simple as a MRI? You go to Piedmont Medical Center to have it done, that's how!!

My 8 year old had an MRI scheduled for 8am. We were told to arrive at 6am, which we did. We were completely ignored for over an hour. She was given a pre-op medication at about 7:20, then basically ignored for almost an hour, even though she was having an adverse reaction to it! When the pediatric hospitalist finally came in to see her, (an hour and a half late!) he simply told us the medication would just have to wear off, and left! She was finally taken for the MRI at 9am, 3 hours after we were told to arrive!! And 1 hour and a 40 minutes after she was given her pre-op medication!! By this time, my child had been in severe distress....having frightening hallucinations, feeling numb, crying that she couldn't move her arms or legs (she could, she just could not feel that she was moving them), screaming and crying, totally freaked out, for an hour and a half; totally unmonitored, despite having a heart condition!!

Bottom line, we will NEVER go to Piedmont Medical Center, again, for ANYTHING!!

There is no communication between services, and no accountability!