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| - BARF! Thankfully it wasn't us.
Took my mom here who had abdominal pains. We sign in, wait our turn to get the paperwork started. Then, CRASH! !! The front door suddenly bursts open. Then, one heavily tattooed Filipina young woman runs in and finds the bathroom. We clearly hear her moaning and heaving her guts out for about a minute. All the waiting room people turn to see her stagger to the waiting chairs as her boyfriend begs to see someone right away. The admitting clerk says wait..."Let me talk to the doc." A third person person comes in behind them with low pants that exposes his underwear. Five seconds behind his friends and five years behind in fashion. As vomiting girl gives her info, she runs to the bathroom again for another round of barfing. We are all hoping she's okay, comes back out and tries to finish her paperwork. And luckily for her, she gets called to the doc right away.
My mom's primary doctor down the street could not accept any appointments becaue he was sick. Ironic, but even doctors get sick. So we ended up here. It's not the newest, cleanest place, but acceptably so. First they ask what's wrong and decide if you get to cut the line like the vomiting vixen. They get all the insurance info, and you wait for awhile...How long? it all depends on who's in front of you. The admitting clerks are quick and professional and friendlly as well.
We end up waiting twenty minutes before seeing the doctor. My mom tells them about her issues. At this point, I was asked to leave the room because the female Filipina doctor has to do the ever memorable rectal exam. When I return, the doc says to us, "You need to go to the Emergency Room at the hospital right away". It turned out to be great advice, as my mom was admitted a few hours later for an infection.
For what they are, they do fairly well. If it's beyond a simple problem, of course this is not the place for you. But if you have the cold, flu, sprained ankle, etc. this is an option for those in the area. Medical Care in this town is among the worst I have seen anywhere (particularly Summerline Hospital). I never found out whatever happened to the girl who threw up, but hopefully she is okay. Maybe she got sick from seeing her male friend's dirty underwear.
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