St Vincent Infirmary

This place is suspected of letting the most feeble and weak and incapacitated patients die in order to save money. They are under watch right now by many higher ups and some organizations. They feed the coherent patients, but there is a «policy» that says that all patients must order their own food tray. Incoherent patients and patients unable to fend for themselves with no family receive no food tray. I am not kidding. I am not mis-​stating this. This is real, and I cannot fathom that this actually happens. My 78 year old DIABETIC Dad, while I had to work all day, received NO FOOD ALL DAY and was almost in a coma when I arrived at 7pm to check on him. I have talked with many, many other people who have verified the same stories about their loved ones. St. Vincent is about the bottom line and will let your loved one die if you or another advocate is not there for them. Beware. Stay away. They also understaff their floors, which puts patients in danger because of this. Run from this hospital. Go strait to Baptist.

My 84-​year old mother was admitted to this hospital last weekend for the required three day stay for admittance to rehab. However, her condition worsened and the doctor stated that she would need home healthcare instead of rehab. During her stay, she became basically immobile and unable to walk or use the restroom without help. My 75-​year old aunt his her caregiver and had made it clear to St. Vincent that they were not to release her at night. So what did they do last night — they released her after my aunt had been there at 5PM and they told her that it looked like she wouldn’t be released today. Well, at 6PM my aunt got a call that they were going to release her and would be bringing her via ambulance! They arrived at 9PM and thankfully my other aunt was able to come and stay. It was very rough night and this morning she was unable to breath well and 911 was called. She has been taken to the other hospital in town and not to these unbelievable incompetent people. This is NOT the first time they have done this to us — in 2007, they released my mom with severe mental problems to us — we found out later it was so they wouldn’t have to be responsible for transferring her to a larger hospital in Little Rock. We ended up taking her to another hospital in town and they took the time to transfer her to Little Rock. Really unbelievable. What is the purpose of a hospital? To care for the sick — it seems that has been lost in the profit motive.

Just rolled up to the ER. No ones here. And I mean no one. I actually had to double check to make sure this hospital was still open.
UPDATE: An old man came rolling in on a scooter and crashed into a wall.
UPDATE 2: Should I call an ambulance?
UPDATE 3: Found a doctor. He was good.

My mother is being hospitalized after a car wreck I which she broke her neck (c2) injured her chest, pelvis and right knee. She was admitted at 11 pm on a Sunday night and then was not seen by a doctor until 4 pm the next day. Two days later the doctor announces he needs to go out of town the rest of the week and want her to be discharged home until they can schedule surgery the next week. I am seriously thinking there is something wrong her, how to you get an elderly woman with multiple injuries a broken neck, hooked up to iv’s and oxygen home, much less up into a 4×4 pickup safely. Come to find out they don’t have room for her, and apparently the mivcu unit is full and in need of the bed. The nurses has not been attending to her very well because they state they are too busy. She asked for a cup of water and they brought her a pitcher of water instead which she was unable to pour for herself. What is this world coming to. You would think for 20 grand you could get better care, especially for a hospital that claimed to have raked in 20 billion in 2012. Oh and don’t try calling the patient line on the board, they don’t call you back.

My dad was just in the hospital and his care could have been better. It first started out he had surgery and they took him upstairs and the guy who took him to his room told the desk he was there. Took about 45 min to an hour then we see the nurse and she was very nice but she said she had no idea he was there. Umm ok then get there after work the next day and he was out of it and had nothing to eat, they have a menu thing, it’s not a bad thing but some elderly people don’t understand it. So I called the nurse had not taken him off the can not eat list when I asked why when he had surgery 24 hours ago nobody could answer. They should notice if the patent has had nothing to eat and help them, not all patients know they have to order their own food and need help. While he was there my sister and I called and ordered all his meals to make she he didn’t get confused and ate.

Takes an act of congress to get anything done in this place. Surgery scheduled for 9:30 am
Check in at 7:50 a few minutes late due to traffic problems…30 yes I said 30 minutes in admissions because me MUST verify insurance to be sure the bill gets paid.
Down to outpatient — 10 minutes on waiting — back upstairs to radiology — we need an X-​ray before surgery — we passed radiology on the way to outpatient.
Back to Outpatient — more waiting — it is now 9:15 — surgery is in 15 minutes, no IV, have not seen a nurse… guess I will hurry up and wait.
I was already not impressed after waiting 5 hours in the ER waiting room before being taken to the back and then another 3 hours before being admitted.
Do yourself a favor — go to Baptist!

I would definitely choose another hospital in the area. There doesn’t seem to be any type of organization in this place. The service is generally bad. One nurse will tell you to wear the oxygen mask and then the next nurse will take it off.

I have been wanting to Unilocal about my experience here but thought that it was just a one time ordeal. After reading the last review, it brought back memories of ‘WTF’. I broke my finger one sunday playing kickball. In hthe field there was an orthpod, (ortho surgeon) a sports medicine nurse, an ER nurse and an OT. I looked like a NASCAR driver going in to his pitcrew. They looked at my finger, asked me some generic questions and then BAM pushed my finger back into place and said that I needed to go to the ER. I asked her what she thought was the concern and she said, «w/​o an x-​ray I can say but I think that you may have broken your finger in two places.» Well, they buddy taped it and I was off. I walked into the ER at St. V and I must say that the check in was super fast and I just walked into a room without even waiting. I sat there for about 3 minutes and someone came in and asked what happened. I explained. They said the doctor will be with you in a minute and she left. Well about 30 minutes he came in and said NOTHING. He grabbed my hand and said this. «Who did this?» I proceeded to tell him that several medical personal helped me at the kickball field and one was an ortho surgeon who set it back. I then told him that she said that it may be broken in two places. His first responce was, «How does she know that w/​o an –xray.» I looked at him and said, «She said that she thought that it was broken but could not be sure w/​o an x-​ray.» His reply was, «well it’s broken in two places.» I looked at him and said, «Without and x-​ray she said just that.» The doctor was rude, and thought he knew everything. The rest of the staff was awesome. When the doctor is an asshole, it makes the entire expericne a bummer. He is the one who has the final say so his bedside manner should be what is remembered and it was and it was for the worse.
Go to Baptist. It is just down the street.