It is so sad when a medical staff refuse to service a emergency patient. I was a emergency patient who has not been able to keep any food or water down and was refused to be medically treated by the doctor because of a fee which a staff employee Alicia said " this is a fee that we can charge you no matter what the amount because your surgery was not done by us, but if you were a patient who did their surgery by us, then we would accom. you"... This is so sad that they turned away a patient for a additional cash fee which could have been waived since i was using insurance.. I hope the doctor does see this comment and i will make sure they are aware of this. It is not ok to turn away a lap and patient who has informed a staff that she has not drank water for 3 days in this 117 degree heat... Shame on this staff who did nothing to help accommodate me... These are the employees and bad nurse staff that we are all scared of.. I highly recommend these employees seek a ethical class and a class about lap band emergency situations..