Our advice is that if you face possible long term ...

Our advice is that if you face possible long term hospitalization, go somewhere other than Providence Hospital of Everett. My 34 year old son was re-admitted to Providence two weeks ago due to a non-healing, infected wound from surgery he had at Providence two months before. He contracted a MRSA infection which required a direct line catheter for administration of long term IV treatment. For the past two weeks he has had very attentive and overall excellent care as a patient on the 10th floor. Projected to be hospitalized for up to 6 weeks, he brought several personal belongings to the hospital to make his stay more tolerable, with the complete approval of the 10th floor staff. Tonight, a staff nurse came in to say his room on the 10th floor was needed for another patient and that my son was to be moved to a different floor. He ended up on ward 3A. His experience in this ward has been degrading at best, and extremely upsetting to my son. All his belongings from the 10th floor were immediately confiscated by the 3rd floor staff. Emphasize all his belongings. They went through his personal things including his wallet and even his underware, and searched the hospital bed and bedding he has been using for the past two weeks, Visiting hours are restricted, while unrestricted on other floors. He is not allowed to have any metal items, ie potentially dangerous to himself or others. When asked why the draconian rules of the 3rd floor, he was told it was policy. When asked whose policy, he was told by no less than security personnel, that they were not obligated to explain anything to him. He is in fact being treated as if a prisoner. If a hospital administrator does not correct this situation first thing in the morning, we will be contacting a lawyer.