3/5 Sergio H. 1 year ago on Google
Today,
Oct
1,
2021,
my
son
had
severe
surgery
that
lasted
almost
8
hours.
Finally,
his
surgeon
called
me
and
told
me
to
see
my
son
in
the
recovery
room
within
60
minutes
before
going
to
the
regular
room.
The
last
time
I
was
in
the
recovery
room
was
a
few
weeks
ago,
picking
him
up
from
previous
less
invasive
surgery
that
wasn't
enough
to
remove
the
tumor
in
his
jaw.
When
I
arrived
as
fast
as
possible
at
Main
Information
Deck/passes
at
5
pm,
I
was
told
by
the
desk
attendant
(
she
called
herself
Liza
and
didn’t
wear
a
name
tag)
that
I
couldn't
come
up.
She
said
to
me
that
someone
in
the
recovery
room
told
her
that
I
should
come
back
after
8
pm
when
my
son
is
transferred
to
a
regular
hospital
room
which
didn't
make
much
sense.
She
never
told
someone
in
the
recovery
room
that
one
of
the
chief
surgeons
who
performed
surgery
asked
me
to
come
to
the
hospital
to
see
my
son.
Liza
ignored
my
pleas
to
call
back
to
clarify
the
situation.
So
I
asked
for
a
patient
advocate,
but
their
office
was
already
closed.
So
I
asked
for
the
Administrator
on
Duty,
who
replaces
the
Patient
Advocate,
after
5
pm.
It
looked
like
she
got
furious
and
refused
to
call
one.
So
I
waited
for
more
than
an
hour
and
finally
located
the
Administrator
on
the
duty
phone
number
through
the
hospital
operator
and
left
him
a
voice
mail.
Update
at
5:45
pm:
I'm
not
sure
that
Liza
ever
called
the
administrator
on
duty
herself,
so
I
asked
information
desk
manager
Liz
Martinez
for
help
with
the
situation,
but
she
started
screaming
at
me
rudely.
So
I
continued
to
wait.
Update
6:15
pm:
The
administrator
on
duty,
Benjamine
came
out;
he
was
very
friendly
and
soon
told
me
that
I
could
go
up
to
see
my
son.
At
the
same
time,
the
surgeon
finally
saw
my
emails
asking
her
for
help,
and
she
sent
the
resident
downstairs
to
bring
me
up.
After
all,
it
was
an
upsetting
experience.
However,
upstairs
everybody
was
friendly,
I
was
so
happy
to
see
my
son
surviving
this
terrifying
surgery,
and
hopefully,
he
will
heal
soon.
PS
for
more
than
one
hour,
I
observed
three
people
who
work
on
the
information/passes
desk.
They
have
no
sympathy
for
sick
patients
or
their
relatives
and
are
disorganized.
At
times
they
will
group
to
contradict
other
visitors
and
patients,
and
it
seems
they
are
enjoying
this
“go
away”
game
and
not
just
with
me.
However,
my
impression
is
that
the
doctors
who
work
here
are
very
professional
and
kind.
The
Bellevue
hospital
leadership
should
have
engaged
with
some
reforms
and
better
training
for
its
administrative
staff.
Maybe
even
better
salary
for
information/passes
desk
attendants
because,
after
all,
they
are
the
first
representation
of
the
reputation
of
this
biggest
NYC
hospital.
Also,
I
think
the
administration
should
respond
to
complaints
on
the
hospital’s
Google
maps
profile
with
bad
ratings;
so
far,
I
don’t
see
any;
it
looks
like
they
just
ignore
them.
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