Harris Regional Hospital

Hey, I am not perfect. Sometimes I review a joint and I later find out after another visit that it actually is terrific or horrific. I then update my reviews to reflect later-​obtained knowledge. So, I try my best to be fair. I sometimes wonder if ED reviews are truly fair. People do not enjoy waiting with panic, and when they are diagnosed in the ED with a non-​panicky malady, those same people take it out on the ED via reviews, violence, or sometimes both.
We went here per a nurses’s advice several years ago. Our more local hospital was having some sort of breakdown, if that is possible, and I guess the nurse was trying to save us a hassle (still not sure of the whole story there, but it was the one in Clyde which I had some complaints about– see my review on that place). Anyway, we had fine service at Harris. The doctor was knowledgable and had a nice bedside manner. He gave us advice to avoid another episode such as the one we were there for. Hey, like I said, a nurse told us to go here. I do not want to clog up an ED with minor stuff. We probably lucked out with a slow night, so we did not have to wait for long.
The waiting room was small, but a small waiting room does not reflect your upcoming medical service. The small waiting room for kids at Mission is horrific with kids who belong at «Chuck E. Cheese’s». You get through somehow. You want to scream, but you get through.
I still do not understand why some people do not understand that the person with the Komodo dragon bite gets seen before the person with the hacking cough who just got back into the waiting room from a cigarette break. I have been on both ends of the illness/​injury/​pain spectrum, and it is a learning experience. See below:
Let:
dl + ED (–F101) = !@#$%&*+ F = ma
dl = Deep Laceration
ED = Emergency Department
(-F101) = Minus Fever of 101 Degrees
!@#$%&* = «Holy _​_​_​_​»
F = ma equals Velocity

This hospital is terrible. I could go through the numerous reasons we gave it one star, but suffice it to say bad care, no empathy, lazy staff, nobody bothered to listen, and they discharged my husband without doing one thing for him.

This place is horrible. Nurses are nice but nice doesn’t make up for laziness. They would come into the room to do their job and leave trash on the bed or in the floor and we had to ask for everything. This is the most unprofessional hospital I have ever experienced. Highly not recommending this place to anyone. It’s not like this a huge hospital and is becoming a joke.

We went to the ER with my roommate and waited for over 3 hours late at night, when there weren’t a whole lot of people there. The waiting room is tiny, so even a few families made it crowded and loud. Staff was not welcoming or friendly. My roommate just had stomach pain so she wasn’t in hysterics, but it was still an awful experience. WCU students typically regard this place as being less than ideal if you have a medical emergency, but it’s usually all we had.