Thai Huynh

Review of CHLA

This is one of the worst hospitals I've ever encou...

This is one of the worst hospitals I've ever encountered. Most of the doctors are arrogant. The liver transplant team act like they care a lot, but in reality, they don't. It was extremely hard for me to get a hold of them since I was not "allowed" to call their office. I was lectured by one of the coordinators for calling their office. I was thankful when they told me that they would take my son in for a liver transplant evaluation. However, the time duration that my son spent in the hospital revealed to me that they only cared about their reputations. Don't get me started on the ICU doctors. They were a bunch of heartless doctors. My son was becoming very ill to the fact that his poop was all stained with black blood and he was on oxygen. The ICU doctors kept refusing to have him admitted into ICU. Was he not worth these doctors' valuable time? To them, another child in the ICU would just take up more space and time. Last but not least, the resident doctors are completely incompetent. I asked and asked and asked if they were sure about taking my son off his heart medication. They said yes. A week later, I asked for my son to have an ECHO done to see if his heart was ok after not taking his heart medication. They denied of my request. I asked again a day later, and again, and again. I begged for my son to have an ECHO just to be sure that his heart was ok. They kept saying that his heart was fine and there would be no need for an ECHO. A couple of weeks later, his oxygen level went down and he had to be on oxygen. No heart doctor even came by to check him out to see if it was a heart problem. Finally, a couple weeks later, he had an ECHO done and they said that his heart wasn't good. He had to be put back on his heart meds. I knew that he was not ready to be taken off his meds. When it was time for him to get a liver transplant, his heart gave out. We had to let him go. Our little peanut is now in heaven. I regret for taking him to this hospital. They might have saved many children, but they neglected to give good care to my only child. Everyday, all I can remember is that I begged and begged for that one ECHO, but they never gave it to him until it was too late.