erica ervin

Review of DCH Health System

DCH means Don't Come Here. The absolute worst hosp...

DCH means Don't Come Here. The absolute worst hospital in Alabama. It has to be. Never a good experience. Not one single visit. And I only came here because Northport's ER was damn near standing room only. I think I will actually drive to Birmingham before I ever come here again.
Anyone giving this hospital a good review is suspect. There's absolutely no excuse to be sitting in a waiting room for 4 hours and not a single person has been discharged or taken back. The nurses are standing around playing with the blood pressure machines. People are sending others out to go get food and drink! They literally have more security for their poor service than they do medical staff I guess. Just don't do it. Stop patronizing this horrible horrible horrible place. If it wasn't for the fact that my 14 month old can't sleep and was screaming bloody murder, I would never ever have stepped foot in this place. And I never will again.
And lord knows I can't be trying to get drugs for my 14 month old. That seems to be a common complaint. Yet after 4 hours of waiting, they still called someone ahead of him and sent them back to a room.
I'm 5 months pregnant, have been up for 24 hours now and can't even pretend to fall asleep like everyone had because, again, my 14 month old starts screaming bloody murder every hr or so. Dear Lord, I won't even visit this city again.
I wouldn't bring a dog here.

Updating as we go so you know just how bad it is: it has now been 5 hours since my arrival with my 14 month old. When they finally started calling names, they called 5 ppl and none of them were my son. Only 1 out of the 5 names called was still here and he had been sleep the whole time while my son cried on and off until he finally went to sleep after 4.5 hours of waiting. Even tho none of the people they call are here, that room must have magically disappeared. Then she comes back out and recalls the other 4 names 15 minutes later. At this point, I feel like we are purposely being screwed because I have been asking questions so my baby can be seen.