St Luke’s Hospital

This is probably not the best spot to write this in, but it feels best when I can get things written in the best way possible for myself. But I am here at St Lukes with my girlfriend as she doesn’t feel well at all. They have done a bunch of test stuff and we are waiting to hear back from them. But this is a great hospital, makes the area so much better to have it here and working in such fine shape. I hope all is well with Rebecca I love her so much and I know that we will get the right call on it here.

This hospital is terrible!!! My family member could have died because they didn’t do their checks and balances! He has gone to this hospital several times in the past and has diabetes in addition to several other medical issues. Anyways after hours of being in the emergency room this past week, he was finally brought up to a room. You would think they would be aware of all of his medical issues considering they have electronic medical records and we reminded them while the emergency room of his medical issues. However, they completely ignore that and overnight, his glucose level went down to 25!!! He could have gone into a diabetic coma!!! When we confronted them about what happened the nurses only response was «the emergency room didn’t notify us that he was a diabetic». Just terrible! How many people do they not get notified about and as a result, get sicker or worse? I just can’t with this hospital!
On another note, I imagine the one person who gave this hospital a glowing review works there. On another note, the two people who gave it glowing reviews based upon the food should provide a review focused on the safety and quality of their treatment being that St. Luke’s is a hospital and not a restaurant!

My mother made it out of surgery ok so they obviously are able to do that ok. But they are disorganized and lack professional communication abilities. They take the same information down every time they talk to her; shouldn’t it be in your system? They call the day before a procedure to tell you the time of the procedure and what to do for it. They informed us this week that she needs to do X (and also should have been done it for last weeks surgery). Well we were not told to do X last week why this week? The response «well I’m doing my job, let’s focus on this week»! No mam let’s discuss the incompetence of the whole health network that you work for. Oh btw X needs to be picked up here and you have an hour to do so because we will be closing!!! WTF!!! This place is a joke!!! They leave you with little to no confidence in their abilities. Just go elsewhere!!!

I went to the ER today and ALL the staff were incredibly friendly & professional. After the initial check in, I only waited less than five minutes before seeing the triage nurse and then was immediately transferred to a private room. The nurse, Rosa P., was sweet and the PA provided a thorough assessment and I was on my way with scripts and printed report in under an hour. Amazing…
Thank you to the staff!

Drive somewhere else! I cut an inch or so into my thumb, blood was pumping out of it with my pulse. I was really scared, I have never had stitches before nor have I witnessed when the inside of my flesh and bones look like so imagine my surprise when I went up to the desk and told them I was bleeding a lot and they told me to get in line.
To everyone in said lines discomfort, I began to cry while blood streaked down my arm and some lovely woman got some tissues to try and help me. I really wanted to sit down before I fell down. People in line told me to just go ahead of them, and when I did the desk troll snapped «who told her she could come up here?» So I went back in line to resume trying not to pass out or throw up.
Fortunately someone told me to come in to a room. A room where I met the bitchiest nurse I ever did meet, who was probably 23 and saw fit to mock me every opportunity she got. Apparently she thought I was being a baby and kept saying «it’s just a cut.» Later when I told my friend my head hurt she smirked and said «well you WERE pretty hysterical when you got in here…»
I was not hysterical you asshole, I was crying and scared. You are an asshole. I told her I was afraid Id pass out and crack my skull open to which she replied «we can fix that too.»
The asshole then gave me a bowl to bleed in, below my heart, with no pressure on the wound or instructions beyond «put your hand in the bowl.»
I bled there for over an hour listening to nurses gossip about another patient outside my door before a very pleasant doctor came in and gave an appropriately concerned face to my still flowing wound laying in a nasty bowl that was mostly blood now.
About 90 minutes later I was «cleaned up» by the asshole who left crusty blood all over my hand which I cleaned off myself when she left, and finally sent home without so much as spare gauze or any pain medication. When i loosend my bandage, the asshole rolled her eyes. I thought about how much I wanted to break my other hand on her smug face and smiled back.
An ibuprofen or two would have been nice. Instead I just eat 800mg of the stuff I have at home that says not to do that.
The last time I came to this hospital my face and mouth/​throat were swollen from some allergic reaction (my first and only) and they left me in a room for three hours looking like the kid from Mask with no check ins before I just walked out and went to CVS for Benadryl.
If you want to be treated kindly or treated at all for that matter, go somewhere else. Even Charlton is better than this.

If you feel like something is truly wrong with you do not come here. Go to Boston or Rhode Island. This place makes you wait, takes all your money and sends you to other hospitals anyway!

Had the chowder and fish and chips Friday for dinner here while visiting someone and was pleasantly surprised! Very good chowder (better than most restaurants) and $ 1.75 for a bowl! People actually come here and buy pints and quarts and take it home. The fish was in a beer batter, fresh and flaky cod, fries a drink and a fresh Portuguese «pop» (roll) for $ 8.00 for everything, incl the chowder! I wish I worked or lived near, I would come for lunch every day.

Bet you didn’t know this: St. Luke’s Hospital has the best clam chowder in the Northeast.
Served on Fridays — Thursday night fishermen go out on the New Bedford Sound and grab all the fresh clams. Friday the chefs at St. Luke’s mix it up with potatoes, cream, + TLC and great an award winning clam chowder. Don’t believe me? Look it up for yourself.
Full fledged kitchen at this place. As dreary as it is to eat at a hospital, this is on the brightest spots on your visit. Breakfast, lunch, dinner — all served with a smile and made to order for the customer.
Award winning clam chowder. ’nuff said.