Lori Sjogren

Review of Palisade Medical Ctr

My husband has a bacterial infection. He has been...

My husband has a bacterial infection. He has been in the hospital since Tuesday. Palisades thinks the source is the hip replacement. So they tell him he needs to find an orthopedic surgeon to "wash it" or replace it. Apparently, no one on their staff wants to touch the case. In the meantime, they keep giving antibiotics, which they admit are not working because of the hip and keeping him in the hospital (becaue they cannot recommend releasing him) while we have to do their job and find a doctor. Digest that: the patient has to find a doctor for the hospital... Find a doctor that is affiliated Hackensack University... I am sure they have orthopedic surgeons. Lastly, we asked for a certain primary doctor. They assigned us a different one who or may not take our insurance. Giving my husband antibiotics without an orthopedic surgeon and assigning him a random doctor seems like a way to make money and only money. When is it about the patient?