Kilroy 5150

Review of St. Vincent's Health Systems

I have mixed feelings about this: On one hand, the...

I have mixed feelings about this: On one hand, these people saved my life. On the other hand, i was told they would handle the financial end if i filled out some paperwork. I had some difficulty getting some elements and, when i turned them in, i was told "You're too late" and all the bills fell on me. The thing is, i told them (when i came in the building) that i didn't have insurance then, i made just enough money to survive and probably couldn't pay the bills. If they had told me about a "time window", it was when i was in the hospital and pretty much drugged so...my credit is screwed because of them. At this point, "if" i had the money, i don't think i would pay on general principal alone. It isn't right to offer someone an option and not tell them there's hidden restrictions.

Most of the doctors were good, there was so "Darth Vader" acting female doctor who walked in and argued everything a specialist had just told me about my diabetes, specialist said "good", female doctor said "bad".

I will let you in on something a male nurse told me about. Back when i was there, they were talking about down-sizing the nursing staff to a minimal and i don't think that's a good thing. Sometimes, they took a while to get to me and that was cool but knowing they were going to down-size, more, and cause what might be a risk because of lack of staff.

....that bothers me.