JEFF K

Review of Novant Health Rowan Medical Ce...

If you like Russian Roulette, this is the place to...

If you like Russian Roulette, this is the place to go!! I checked into the ER at approximately 1:15am. The staff got to me right away. My BP was off the chart 225/116. I was informed by a member of the staff that I had done absolutely the right thing by coming in and that this was definitely to be considered an emergency. I was taken back to a very relaxing atmosphere, room and bed and ALL of the staff, Afrika, John, Adam and Bobbi were more than kind and helpful. It was the doctor who totally sucked at her job, (she has been reported by a REAL doctor and to her supervisor, there have been similar complaints, I have found out about), hopefully they ll can her ass before she allows someone to die. If you lose or have lost a loved one under her care, Dr Porchia Tomlin, I ll Testify for them / you. I asked the nurse Bobbi if she could ask the doctor to admit me to the hospital over night. I SPECIFICALLY asked this doctor TWO times to be admitted to the hospital so that testing could be done to determine why my blood pressure was going nuts. This is not a normal thing for my blood pressure AT ALL! I made this VERY CLEAR! This was her reply, and I have a nurse witness I think that a follow up with your primary physician would be better. I don t want to be responsible for those test results . What even the F!!! What does that even mean???? At what point do you decide to be responsible . You re F n responsible the SECOND that you accept me or anyone else into YOUR care!!! Would you have done the exact same thing to your own parent?!? I think not. Total incompetence. I was given a medication to reduce my blood pressure. It reduced it to 177/ 102. Even this number is so close to hospital protocol for admission or observation that it s just crazy not to admit. I was sent home!!! Who the F even does that? I could have had a stroke, heart attack, irreversible organ damage, anything!!! I was told that the effects of the medication would last 8 hours. A little research turned out that this was also a COMPLETE lie by the doctor . Before 6am I was right back where I was. All she did was give me a band aid , shirk her responsibilities and got rid of me and disappeared. She is one of the reasons that Rowan has such a horrible reputation. The joke in town is, Only go to Rowan if you wanna die . She ll help carry on this legacy unless others see what this doctor is doing / not doing. It would have been worth me dying so that my family could have sued her. I have THREE witnesses to what she said, did and more importantly did not do. If you see that she is going to be your doctor leave immediately and go to CMC they ll take care of you like they re supposed to or at the very least request another real doctor. I ll drive the extra 30 miles next time. On the upside though, I m sure the undertakers will love her! Again, the rest of the staff was PERFECT but her lack of compassion, care and professionalism diminishes the integrity of the entire hospital, staff and an already tarnished reputation for the entire establishment. She may be more suited for Veterinary Medicine where the animals don t understand anything and she can kill them with impunity. Stuff happens. Anyone out there who needs further clarification to this story, feel free to contact me, I ll talk all day about it. I stand by what I ve said percent and have other people to confirm it. She wasn t counting on me having witnesses. I only hope that her bill is separate from the ER s. I would do ANYTHING to see that this doctor never attends to another human being. Go to Vietnam or the Phillipines you ll get better care than she gave. One other thing, when it was time to leave, I was NEVER even given ANY type of discharge papers or asked to sign ANYTHING, I could have just walked out. I went to the front counter and even the attendant Afrika was amazed that this happened. I paid anyway the $300 co-pay, cause what ya gonna do??? Jeff Karriker