Community Hospital South

I understand that we are under a pandemic. But when I get tested all the time for work and my 2 year old has to come in for surgery and they will not allow dad in with this 2 year old child for his procedure is ridiculous. So I had to leave with him crying for his daddy as I had to turn my back on him because I could not be there for his surgery is really sad. I would rather die that ever use Community Hospital for any services. St. Francis is right down the road and will utilize them in the future.

I am absolutely horrified and furious at the barbaric treatment I received at this facility.nI came in here yesterday due to what I felt was a mental health emergency. I was in the middle of a mental breakdown due to severe anxiety and started having suicidal ideations, like I would be better off if I wasn’t alive. I waited in the waiting room for a half hour, was then triaged and put into a quarantine like room with a shut door for over 45 minutes without any interaction. I began to get hysterical and a volunteer yelled at me through the door. I had no idea what she was saying but she was very hostile and began asking the police on staff what my name was and if they were with me, I had come there myself. Finally a nurse came in and gave me Ativan, which I told her doesn’t work for me and never has. She said there was nothing she could do so I was forced to take a medicine that I stated did not work for me against my will. A few minutes after she left I walked out of my room and told them that I didn’t feel comfortable with the treatment I was relieving and wanted to go home. They said they would speak with the doctor. No longer than 10 minutes later, a nurse and 3 male cops come in with a bin and a blue jumpsuit. I was forced to strip naked, be “wanded” by a male cop with my breasts and genitals exposed, had my things yanked from me and was forcefully motioned into the bed by another male cop. All while begging to call my mother or boyfriend and these cops responding with “you’re not going to be calling anyone anymore today”, the female nurse did not say one word and forced my legs into the jumpsuit. I was then LOCKED in this room, then told to “calm down and take deep breaths” The “good cop” aka the only person on staff that treated me with any form of human decency told me this happens at least 5 times a day at this facility and this is a “blanket treatment” for anyone experiencing a mental health emergency. He also told me that this was one of the BEST places to get treatment for a crisis!!!nIf you are experiencing a mental health emergency PLEASE DO NOT GO TO COMMUNITY SOUTH. It is 2020 and no human being should ever be treated that way. Nor should cops be involved in these situations. I am horrified at how barbaric this experience was. Do better.

My wife has had a problem with chronic endometriosis for the past seven years. She went into the ER today at this location due to severe stomach pain. At this time (8:45pm) she has currently been in the hospital for over six hours having only done an ultrasound and having gotten no results back to her. Three hours after getting her ultrasound she was informed that it would be 4 to 5 hours before she would get results because whoever was reading the ultrasound results at the time was that far behind. An hour and a half after getting that information she was told that they would have to add at least an hour on to that due to a mixup with different ultrasounds. While I completely understand that things happen, if something like this were to happen shouldn’t someone at the location in charge possibly call in someone else that could assist and get caught up so you don’t have people waiting an entire day for no apparent reason? Or send the patients home that don’t show symptoms of being life threatening? At this point I am honestly wondering if we should even trust the results from whoever is reading the ultrasound because if they are this far behind I can only assume that the person “or people” are stressed and overworked “due to not having anyone to help them apparently“. And if that is the case, how do I know that they are reading the results correctly? It’s a well-known fact that reading and correctly comprehending anything when stressed or exhausted can become incredibly inaccurate. I have been told that she is free to leave any time “as long as she signs it AWA“ which if you don’t know, basically ensures that your insurance will not cover anything to do with that visit. This has now made my wife feel as though she is being held in prison because all she wants at this point is to leave the building and go home but knows that she is not able to. Frankly it is ridiculous that my wife now feels as though she is being held hostage due to the blatant incapability of the people working in this location being able to actually do their jobs.

I must say best staff ever. They give us so much care n love. Bless them God ud83dude4f

I am a patient of several physicians within this network and last night in the ER, I disappointingly experienced a very bad episode of Grey's Anatomy. The young male nurse that was assigned to me was rude, inconsiderate and had no compassion at all. I am a fall risk and was left unattended on the gurney with out a guard rail. Not given a call button, I had to kind of yell for help to get to the bathroom hooked up to cords and an IV that was hanging all the way behind the gurney. Another nurse came in and tossed the remote to me and touched my arm with the sensitive IV in my inner elbow. Having not being able to sleep for over 40 hours, I was naturally already agitated and upset.. I wasn't shown any respect in a friendly way. Then I was released without a sleep prescription, dizzy and drugged due to a chronic anxiety attack for the reason I came in, they disconnected me and told me tat I can go. No wheelchair was offered and had to find my way out on my own. If this is you guys treat your regular patients, how would you treat your family member?