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Review of Parkview Health

Earlier today I had surgery scheduled at PRMC, but...

Earlier today I had surgery scheduled at PRMC, but at the last minute, literally, I received a call from Parkview Randallia asking where I was. Initially I was annoyed, but then she explained that Parkview Regional was running quite a few hours behind (like 4-5)due to some emergency surgeries and if I wanted to drive across town, they could get me in as soon as I arrived, because they had an open schedule. Needless to say it was a no brainer, we drove across Ft Wayne to Parkview Randallia and I was in and out before my original surgery time at PRMC. Everyone there was so nice and friendly. I was very impressed that they took the initiative to contact me and figure out a way to get my surgery done still, since it was technically a short chemo port removal, instead of making me wait for hours. I only remember two of my nurses names, Linda & Kat, but ALL of them were awesome, and so wonderful because I was incredibly nervous. I know a lot of people seem to hate Parkview, but I ve never had a bad experience with them ever! They have saved my life, literally and I have met some of the sweetest, most caring nurses and staff while a patient. Even at PRMC there are wonderful doctors and nurses.
Now Lutheran on the other hand, that s a place you go to if you want a doctor to kill you. Almost two years ago, when I first found out about my cancer, I initially saw an oncologist there and that crack pot thought he could kill cancer with narcotics, not chemo and radiation and that doctor threatened me when I pointed out narcotics don t treat Cancer. He also was very inappropriate by asking to examine my breasts 10 minuets into my first ever meeting with him about the cancer in my pelvis. He was reported to the state. Unfortunately he still is a doctor there, and also that awful doctor is only one of many that Lutheran employs, so I steer clear.
Ultimately to each their own, but Parkview is pretty good . There is some room for improvement, especially the way their financial services department does things. If I ve lost my job because of the cancer that tried to kill me, and I can t work because of a broken screwed up back, I can t afford the payments that are more than my rent. Also their financial department shouldn t base your payments off income you don t get when you apply for assistance, like when they demand my tax returns from last year when I had a job, but now since I m unable to work, they still seem to think they can base my payments off income I don t get. And for some reason they think my husband makes 20,000$ more than he actually does. Even when I called to ask them to explain how they came up with that they couldn t make sense and it all sounded like BS and I was told if you or your husband works any overtime, even if it s just a few hours once a week, we factor that in as an everyday occurrence every week for the whole year . The woman I spoke with didn t see the glaring problem with that at all. If it weren t for their extremely screwed up financial department I would have given them 5 stars.