Andrew Sylvia

Review of Southern New Hampshire Medical...

A few months ago, I had a quarter inch gash on my ...

A few months ago, I had a quarter inch gash on my thumb. In a panic, I went to the SNHMC Urgent Care Center in South Nashua. After waiting about 20 minutes, they put some glue on the gash, put a bandaid on it and told me I was fine. Several weeks later, I discovered that apparently they are charging over $300 for a bandaid and glue.

Several years ago, I had a kidney stone about to pass and I went to their emergency room, before their urgent care centers had opened. A significant amount of water had backed up inside my kidneys and I requested pain medication. About 30 minutes after being admitted, the stone passed and the pain was gone without any medication. I told them this and said I was now fine, but they accused me of being some kind of junkie; that I had come into the hospital to score prescription medication and wanted to leave because they wouldn't give it to me. A test later showed what happened and they apologized a few weeks later, but I wish I had remembered this moment when that gash happened.

If you deal with this hospital, just remember my experience. You're not a patient to them, in their eyes, you're a gullible junkie they can exploit. They're just lucky St. Joseph is almost as bad.