Diana Woodruff

Review of Banner Thunderbird Medical Cen...

I'm 73 yrs. old and am a retired R.N. I was admit...

I'm 73 yrs. old and am a retired R.N. I was admitted to this hospital from the E.R. after a my arms and legs went limp at home. A seizure was ruled out, so I was transferred to medial from neurology. No diagnosis could be
found so no code could be applied to Medicare. I had to be moved. My gait was unsteady. I was moved to the basement where the rooms are very close together and I had claustrophobia. I was never given bedtime medications and was suddenly moved around 10 p.m. to a nursing home from hell. I had been told I was going to rehab. for gait strengthening.
the nursing home would not give me my bedtime meds. I have 7 joints replaced and am a survivor of both breast and liver cancer. I am on addictive pain medication. I went into full withdrawal and could easily have died. It was one of the worst experiences in my life and could easily have been avoided.

I have to say that last Feb., I fell and had a brain hemorrhage and got excellent care at this facility. Diana Woodruff