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| - Horrible hospital. I was taken there by ambulance while I was having a heart attack. Paramedics had noted meds and dosages, but I learned later ER had not listed dosages of Effexor, an antidepressant with serious withdrawal symptoms. I asked form my Effexor as soon as I saw an ER nurse and asked for it every time I was given meds in ICU for two days. During a stent placement, I began serious withdrawal. I was sobbing when I got back to my room, and no one cared. Had it not been for a nurse who happened to be working whose sister took antidepressants, nothing would have been done. It took me almost 8 months to recover from depression. When I checked out, some (Dawn, I think) from Patient Advocacy took the physician's portion of my FMLA form and said she would have it signed. I learned almost a year later that it was never submitted. I called Patient Advocacy and spoke with a rude "customer service" type who talked incessantly instead of listening, stated I should have taken the form to a primary care physician (which I do not have because they are a waste of money), and REFUSED to even look into the matter. That's THREE major errors that had long-term effects, one of which denied me federal protections offered by law because, apparently, patients are supposed to know more about hospital procedures than the staff does. If I hadn't been so sick, I would have looked into suing them for denying my Effexor because their ER staff hadn't noted the dosage, which the kind nurse was able to obtain in five minutes. Unfortunately, I like my cardiologist, and this is the only hospital that is close that he serves. I think I would be better off just letting myself die the next time I have a heart attack. I haven't been the same person since the depression brought on by being denying my Effexor. That's CARE?
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