Lived in this area since 1976, I have seen a lot of changes, I really dread going to Holmes Regional in Melbourne Florida when I need to visit the ER, always at least a 4 hr wait when there busy, but today I had the worst experience and care of any Doctor that has worked there, I was concerned about some swelling in my face and my right eye acting up, I get there and they weren't busy at all, I see a Doctor on staff there that was young and cocky to say the least, he asked me a few questions and then proceeded to ask me if I had a picture he could see yo compare the swelling from before and now, I told him I didn't have one and that my face feels funny, he says, you don't have a fever so you probably have no infection, how would he know, no one bothered to take my temperature at all, then he tells me to go see my primary and asked me if I want a prescription of steroids, but then proceeded to tell me they don't really like to give a script to people because of the long term side effects when you get older, I told him I would like one so he wrote it out, gave it to me and released me in 30 minutes etc. he never took any bloodwork, which is a first for this hospital to see if there's any infection at all in my body, no X-rays absolutely nothing, what a waste of my time, I don't know where they get some of these Doctors that work in the ER, but it's a joke with most of them on your medical care, I've been misdiagnosed and almost released in 3019 when I was so I'll I knew something was wrong so I asked for the results of all my test they ran, sure enough I was diagnosed with Metastatic Breast cancer, which if I jaded insisted that I wasn't leaving and there's something seriously wrong they were sending me home, well they gave me 9 months to live,,3 Doctors, well guess what I'm still alive today in 2023 , the people here in Brevard have not much of a choice since Health First had taken over Brevard County area so we are in a situation we have to use them or leave the area , we are stuck, now I'm not saying all Doctors are bad in the HF system but this area seems to be lacking advanced specialized Doctors in certain fields and the ER needs a better system then it has on the waiting time when people are so sick and having to wait 4 hrs or longer before releasing them if not keeping them !
Posted Date : 04/12/2023
Anonymous
Dr. Beatriz M Pirazzi was absolutely awful. She was unconcerned with chest pain due to electrolyte disturbances and blamed everything on anxiety. She was rude and I only hope she gets fired for her incompetence and terrible attitude. Absolutely zero bedside manner and truly a terrible person.
Anonymous
This hospitals peds doctor traumatized and drugged my 6 year old epileptic child on the autism spectrum all because he was so incompetent that he thought an epileptic having a 30 second seizure was an emergency that required her to be life flighted to nemours after I said no and drugged so she wouldn’t be a problem in the flight when I said no.
Anonymous
Food is terrible. We’ve had issues getting info out of case management. It’s not the worst experience but also not the best.
Anonymous
I had a very Hard birth and postpartum here. Out of all the things that happened, there is one thing that is burned into my brain that will haunt me forever. The first night after having My baby was really rough. I had extreme postpartum depression almost immediately after birth and I was not coping well with the baby. That first night my baby did not sleep she was screaming all night after hours of trying to calm a baby I went out looking for help from the nurses trying to hold back tears. It felt like I nightmare because when I went out there on the verge of a breakdown they just stared at me and said “yeah some babies are fussy” I was not okay and the baby was not okay and I needed help and they were all so careless like I was bothering them for breaking up the conversation. Best part about this as I was walking back to my room a passing nurse said “you shouldn’t be out here without your crib cart”. These nurses need to understand the postpartum can be very serious and that not every new mom is on a birth high. That was actually one the most dark times in my life and they couldn’t of cared less!
Anonymous
I had a widowmaker in Feb,2022 and woke up in the icu. The nurses in the icu are amazing. Rick, Billy, Sarah, Claudia, Danielle- more whose names I can’t recall- these people are truly heroes to me.