Debra Morton

Review of Western Maryland Health System

My Mother had surgery in February 2016 to remove a...

My Mother had surgery in February 2016 to remove a tumor left behind from a large tumor removal with the kidney a few years prior. Dr Perusis was the operating doctor in 2016. 'Easy' he said. Afterwards He said when he got in there 'all hell broke loose.' No kidding.
He ruptured my Mother's spleen, creating a 12" hematoma. (Dr Mavromatis only monitored for 16 months but never treated.) He also said he removed the tail of her pancreas- which he did not, he said the tumor was attached to her adrenal gland, and he wasn't able to remove her cancer. He didn't even biopsy the tumor. So essentially she came out of surgery far worse than when she'd gone in. The doctors at the hospital do not talk to each other. They send you for tests but don't list all the tests they want done, creating a headache for the patients ;who's in pain to begin with, to come back for more tests. Tests. Tests. No diagnosis. No treatment just monitoring. The staff in the buildings don't talk to each other either. Just keep the patients coming back for bloodwork. Oh and apparently they aren't allowed to refer you to other specialists so if you are seriously ill, like my Mom, you have to take everything into your own hands because the case workers they assign never call their patients or advocate for the patient in the least. I don't know how many times wrong copies of tests were given or how many office visits were soooo over booked my Mom got passed up. Or the staff left her in a waiting room forgotten. The staff is rude. From the doctors down. The doctors are incompetent and I just pray your loved one isn't misdiagnosed or strung along without results like my Mom. This hospital should be VERY RELIEVED my mother isn't into suing because there's so many cases that could be filed against this hospital from the top down. After getting an appointment at Univ of Md, Dr Mavromatis actually had the gull to tell my Mom she 'was glad she was finally going to get help.' What the heck...under her care for 16 months and thanks to my sister insisting on a second opinion when my Moms condition kept getting worse, she says she's glad mom was getting help----WHY DIDN'T Dr Mavromatis get her help?!!! Please, save yourself months even years of mental frustration and possible death- stay away from Western Maryland Regional Hospital in Cumberland MD!!!!