Jason Worner

Review of Exempla St. Josephs

I went here because Kaiser doesn't have any covera...

I went here because Kaiser doesn't have any coverage for urgent care facilities (switching back to United next month, Kaiser is sucks) due to having another round of Strep throat.

When admitted, I was asked if I had any allergies to medications. I explained I was allergic to penicillin, and watched the intake technician type that in.

About 30 minutes later I was finally in a "room," which was just a corner of a larger room with a curtain around it. The PA that came in asked if I had "won the game." That was confusing, but apparently I was where a guy who had been hit in a baseball game was supposed to be, and he was where I was supposed to be. After he examined me, he left. When he came back he offered me a shot instead of a ZPak. I was confused, no one has EVER offered me a shot for strep. So I asked what was in the shot. You know what he said? "Penicillin."

Penicillin. That wonderful miracle antibiotic that I'm ALLERGIC TO. If I hadn't asked what was in that shot, I would have been extremely sick, if not dead. All because he couldn't be bothered to read my chart.