1/5 Liberian G. 2 years ago on Google
My
experiences
with
Sinai
has
not
been
good
in
the
past
but
now
that
we’re
in
a
Covid
environment,
my
worse
fear
of
my
mom
going
to
Sinai
hospital
came
to
fruition.
My
seventy
one
year
old
mother
was
taken
to
Sinai
Hospital
several
weeks
ago
after
complaining
of
chest
pain
and
pain
radiating
down
her
arm.
My
mom
had
a
stroke
two
years
ago
and
she’s
not
mobile.
The
ambulance
picked
her
up
and
took
her
to
Sinai
hospital
on
a
Monday
at
1:00
a.m.
My
brother
followed
behind
the
ambulance
and
my
father
showed
up
shortly
afterwards.
My
mom
potassium
levels
was
high
and
there
was
concern
that
she
may
have
a
heart
attack
so
they
kept
her
in
the
ER
observation
unit
for
FOUR
days
.
She
was
a
candidate
for
admission
but
was
told
she
could
not
be
admitted
because
they
did
not
have
the
staff
to
take
care
of
her.
My
father
stayed
with
her
for
hours
the
first
night
but
when
he
went
home,
my
mother
was
in
chronic
pain
due
to
her
neuropathy.
She
was
not
given
any
medication
and
suffered
through
the
pain
for
8
hours.
She
yelled
for
help
but
her
calls
for
a
nurse
went
unanswered.
A
nurse
finally
gave
her
some
pain
medication
at
8:00
a.m
in
the
morning.
While
in
the
ER
observation
unit,
my
mother
said
people
were
banging
on
the
walls,
screaming
and
cursing.
A
young
woman
was
alone
and
crying
for
hours.
Despite
my
mothers
own
pain,
she
yelled
across
the
hall
trying
to
comfort
and
encourage
the
poor
girl.
There
is
no
way
to
communicate
to
ER
staff
other
than
the
monitors
hooked
up
to
patients.
There
is
no
tv,
no
phone
or
even
a
clock
to
tell
time.
I
guess
if
you
flat
line,
the
monitors
will
notify
them.
Because
of
there
new
rules
of
one
visitor
a
day,
I
couldn’t
visit
if
my
father
visited
for
the
day
so
I
called
several
times
through
out
the
day
to
get
an
update
on
my
mothers
condition.
The
operator
would
transfer
me
to
the
nurses
station
and
no
one
ever
picked
up
in
her
four
days
there.
I
didn’t
know
whether
my
mother
was
alive
or
dead.
I
gave
my
dad
a
cell
phone
to
give
to
her
so
I
could
communicate
with
her
but
she
couldn’t
figure
out
how
to
answer
her
calls.
When
she
asked
the
nurse
for
help
to
answer
the
phone,
the
nurse
said
she
couldn’t
help
my
mom
because
according
to
her
“she
didn’t
know
how
to
answer
an
android
phone”
which
is
a
shame
since
the
phone
is
a
Lively
phone
specifically
made
easy
for
senior
citizens.
The
nurse
walked
out
the
room.
After
not
being
able
to
reach
my
mom,
I
went
to
the
hospital
despite
there
one
visitor
rule.
When
I
went
to
her
room,
it
was
filthy,
old
urine
had
been
sitting
in
a
cup,
her
food
from
breakfast
was
still
there
and
a
bed
pan
from
my
mother
having
a
BM
was
next
to
her
bed
with
flies
in
it,
keep
in
mind
it
was
still
winter.
A
urine
soaked
sheet
sat
on
the
floor
from
them
changing
her
bed
and
not
bothering
to
take
it
out
the
room.
I
started
cleaning
my
mothers
room,
washing
everything
down
with
the
soap
from
the
soap
dispenser
which
included
emptying
her
bed
pan,
washing
the
tables
getting
rid
of
the
old
food
and
urine
soaked
sheet.
My
mom
was
hungry
but
couldn’t
eat
the
food
because
they
gave
her
potatoes
even
though
the
reason
for
her
stay
was
due
to
her
high
levels
of
potassium.
Once
I
visited
my
mom,
the
nurse
began
taking
an
interest
in
her
comfort.
Prior
to
my
visit
she
said
they
rarely
checked
in
on
her.
My
advice,
DO
NOT
LEAVE
YOUR
LOVE
ONE
AT
SINAI
GRACE.
Patients
are
left
in
ER
rooms
for
hours
with
no
ability
to
communicate
unless
you
give
them
a
cell
phone.
Even
though
they
have
a
one
visitor
rule,
go
anyway.
I
understand
there
is
a
nurse
shortage
and
Covid
protocol
but
your
protocols
will
not
be
at
the
expense
of
my
mothers
life.
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