St. Joseph Medical Center - Emergency Room

Rude and too god-like. Just put a 90 old woman outside for covid restrictions. Sent stroke victim to hospice, still alive 3 years later. Allowed same person to wait over 12 hours on another occasion. Good place to die, little else. Hospital itself has great people and care. BEWARE of ER!!

Absolutely awful. The doctor totally dismissed my partners concerns as “food poisoning” when they were running a fever and in so much pain they were tearing up. They came here due to a nurse recommendation to go to the ER. Waited a long time just for a doctor to shove nausea medicine at them. Not only that but they are super disorganized and actually wrote all the vitals down incorrectly said their weight was 80lbs (they are 200) and temp was 96 (it was 101). Went to another ER who took proper tests and gave them a CT scan and they had a ruptured appendix. This place took incorrect vitals and just felt around their stomach. Never coming here again and would discourage anyone from doing so.

Trigger warning* I was admitted to the labor and delivery unit for pprom of my twins. Things spiraled quickly and after a week there and contracting sepsis we lost both of them in early delivery. Everyone at the hospital from the many drs to nurses were so attentive and caring. We feel we received the best advice based on a very rare situation. I wouldn’t choose to go anywhere else.

The only way to receive good care is to arrive by ambulance.

Why does it take so long to be seen by a doctor? Regardless the reason this should be communicated. Arrived around 10ish pm. Dr. Called for dx imaging and blood work at (3:38am) 4 am?ud83eudd14ud83dude2fud83dude15ud83dude2d. Which means the imaging still needs to be read. Hopefully there's a doc available to do this. They need better communication around this place. What ever the reason I feel people would be more compassionate and patient If they knew why they're waiting ridiculous amounts of time.