1/5 Angela C. 1 year ago on Google
After
spending
nine
days
&
nights
with
my
Mother
in
this
hospital
(Piedmont
Columbus
Regional
Midtown
Campus)
this
was
our
experience.
The
doctors
are
very
good,
even
brilliant!!
The
hospital
staff
needs
TRAINING,
they
are
unprofessional.
Most
are
downright
rude,
I
even
had
to
remind
one
of
the
Techs
that
we
are
paying
customers.
The
staff
has
spoken
down
to
my
Mother
and
me
more
than
ten
times.
I
lost
count
at
that
point
I
was
so
frustrated.
Three
different
times
I
had
management
in
her
room
to
ask/beg
for
help.
Every
time
they
were
nice
and
apologized
but
nothing
changed.
The
care
was
as
if
we
were
in
a
third-world
country.
Over
the
nine
days
and
nights,
these
are
a
few
things
I
have
witnessed,
nurses
and
techs
loudly
laughing
and
playing,
even
skipping
down
the
hallways
at
night.
Staff
eating
in
the
family
waiting
area,
sitting
in
chairs
eating
in
the
hallway.
The
staff
is
constantly
on
playing
on
social
media
on
their
cell
phones
and
some
even
sleeping
at
the
nurse's
station
or
with
their
heads
down.
More
than
half
the
time
the
food
was
not
tasty,
and
I
bought
food
for
my
Mother.
Meal
trays
delivered
by
staff
are
left
in
the
room
for
4
to
6
hours
after
a
meal.
Once
even
overnight.
To
buy
a
meal
in
the
cafeteria
hospital
averages
$7.00
to
$15.00
per
meal.
Vending
machines
are
almost
empty
by
7:00pm.
The
coffee
shop
was
closed
all
weekend.
The
cafeteria
closes
at
3:00pm
M-F
and
is
closed
on
Saturdays,
and
Sundays
they
are
open
from
3:00am
to
-
11:00pm.
When
you
call
for
a
nurse
or
tech
to
come
to
your
room
you
must
wait
up
to
an
hour
before
anyone
comes.
When
I
would
walk
up
to
the
nurses
station
at
least
half
were
hanging
out
on
their
phones
or
talking
about
their
kids
or
what
they
were
going
to
do
this
weekend.
More
times
than
not
I
had
to
get
ice
and
water
for
my
Mother.
Once
I
was
tired
for
an
hour
for
her
a
drink
and
went
to
a
vending
machine
to
buy
her
a
ginger
ale.
After
there
was
an
accident
with
human
waste
on
the
floor
it
took
two
hours
for
someone
to
clean
it
up
with
a
dirty
mop
and
dirty
water.
Trash
overflowed
in
her
room
twice.
Five
out
of
the
9
days
we
were
told
that
they
were
understaffed,
twice
we
were
told
that
there
were
enough
supplies
that
they
would
have
to
find
what
they
needed
on
another
floor,
and
three
hours
later
someone
would
come
back
to
give
an
update.
At
this
point,
you
may
or
may
not
get
what
you
asked
for
or
what
you
need.
Once
we
were
told
no
one
did
the
laundry
so
they
didn't
have
enough
towels
to
give
baths,
so
they
used
baby
wipes
for
three
days
to
bathe
my
Mother.
If
you
must
stay
in
the
hospital
for
any
length
of
time,
BEWARE!
You
might
even
want
to
think
twice.
If
you
have
a
loved
one/family
member
that
is
not
able
to
take
care
of
themselves,
please
stay
with
them!!!!
This
hospital
violated
HIPPA
law
and
gave
my
Mother’s
personal
information
to
her
neighbor.
After
this
happened,
I
asked
the
hospital
to
please
make
her
stay
private.
As
a
visitor
there
is
a
20
to
40-minute
wait
for
visitors
to
get
checked
in
at
the
visitor's
desk,
you
must
have
a
picture
ID
to
be
scanned
into
their
system.
Since
the
hospital
gave
my
Mothers
information
out
to
someone
who
called
on
the
phone.
This
led
me
to
wonder
where
my
personal
information
was
going.
When
I
asked
the
front
desk
where
my
information
was
stored
and
who
has
access
to
my
driver's
license
information.
I
explained
that
I
too
have
a
right
to
privacy
and
that
I,
as
a
visitor,
am
not
protected
by
HIPPA
laws.
I
was
told
by
a
security
guard
that
I
was
harassing
the
staff.
At
this
time
the
security
guard
continued
to
follow
me
down
the
hall
in
a
treating
manner.
My
dog
has
been
treated
better
at
her
veterinarian’s
office.
My
family's
experience
with
Piedmont
Columbus
Regional
Midtown
Campus
is
there
for
the
staff
NOT
for
the
paying
customer.
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