This place has turned to c#ap. Uncaring young personnel, punks with nose rings, one nurse with notable cut marks on arms. One orderly decided to play spin the patient in a wheelchair (with no foot rest). All public phones out of order, ripped curtains hanging in some wards. I could go on and on, what a disaster! And after a day & night being triaged, the doc gave his 5 minute assessment (not even caring to examine the area of concern) on an issue going on for yearsâ¦a totally wrong assessment. Got out of there asapâ¦what a hell hole! I'm sorry but l thought Canada had some of the best medical help in the world, PR general hospital is turning into a third world facilityâ¦so sad. Go elsewhere for treatment (unless you are a âpreferred customerâ)
Posted Date : 17/06/2023
Anonymous
Let me start by saying that my comments today are meant to be helpful and not hurtful.
My wife and I retired here in 2004 moving from the Lower Mainland and both fell in love with Powell River including our hospital! It was very refreshing to move here from the “rat race” where everyone here was very friendly and relaxed.
My wife Tina had a lot of health issues so it did not take very long for us to become dependent upon our health services. Our family doctor, Dr. Lafferty turned out to be our best family doctor ever!!! The ambulance service was quick and efficient as was the ER and all hospital
staff including lab and x-ray staff.
My comment is that the administration of our beloved hospital is in a downward spiral!!!
It is time for our Board of Directors to “wake up” and start making changes because “it all starts at the top”. What I saw today when I went in to get my blood tests was really sad!!!
I am a retired Training Consultant and I know how to “jump through all the hoops” so I used the online booking system and that was easy.
My last 3 trips over the past year to have blood tests have gotten progressively worse!
My appointment was for 9:30 and I arrived at the front entrance table at 9:10 and the lady told me that I had to wait until 9:20 before checking in with the booking office..so I did,
It seemed to take forever to book in and I suspected that it was due to a new lady in training on staff.
The lab was running about 20 minutes late for appointments and the waiting room was full.
I was confused as to why so few people were being tested and thought they must be really under staffed because it was taking much longer than I could ever remember.
The lab technician who took my test needed help because she could not find my vein, I noticed that there were 2 empty stations when I first went in and gradually two ladies showed up each tested one person and then went back in the lab….returning in a few minutes…NO ONE HAD ANY SENSE OF URGENCY THAT THE WAITING ROOM WAS NOW PACKED WITH AT LEAST ANOTHER DOZEN PEOPLE STANDING WAITING….to put it bluntly To One Seemed to Give a Shit about the inconvenience to all these disgruntled people waiting.
It is TIME TO HAVE A FULL BUSINESS ANALYSIS PERFORMED BY AN OUTSIDE CONSULTANT.
Based on my background as a Training Consultant who has performed dozens of training analysis on schools and other organizations “You Don’t Know What You Don’t Know”.
The managing of our hospital is in a sad state of affairs and needs to be seriously monitored.
Richard (Dick) Vanier
Anonymous
My husband was ambulance to the hospital he was in the er when I saw him he looked fine he was throwing up uncontrollably they sent him upstairs WITHOUT finding out what was wrong with him the following day I went ta c him to my surprise he looked like he was paralyzed on his left side he was flinging his right arm n leg around but nothin on his left he couldn’t speak just baby talk ran to the nurses station n his nurse said they had to sedate him I ask what kind of pill did u give him right away he jumps to the defense sayin it wasn’t me I had nothin ta do with this they kept tellin me heavy sedative but they refused ta tell me what I told them I told u guys that he is allergic to morphine n Ativan but still won’t tell me but myself I just had ta look at him n a 5 yr old could tell he had a stroke we never got anywhere with these people then after I made a stink they decided ta do a catscan only ta find that he had a stroke so a few days went passed NOTHIN was being done to him except they kept in heavy sedation that’s there answer to everything just give them a pull they will shut up so I go to his regular doctor Dr Gill n all she can say is I CAN’T ANSWER THAT I WASN’T THERE so I asked can u tell me about his confusion that night so she says that was the START OF THE STROKE I said wait q minute back up here so ur sayin he was having a STROKE so ur guys answer to that is ta give him a drug that I told u he was allergic to n SEND him back ta bed ta STROKE OUT n she also told me which she denies that the er doctor called her right away her words not mine n said he was in fear of q stroke YET THEY DID NOTHIN n when I went ta c Dr Gill we were outside n she said this isn’t the place ta talk about this u have ta come inside I said yes I go to the front receptionist n she says she is booked I said she told me ta come in here so she talked to Dr Gill n they put me down as a walk in so Dr Gill got paid ta tell me she can’t answer that cuz she wasn’t there then Ivor’s daughter wants a meeting with Dr Gill once again we had ta book n appointment his daughter had a ton of questions we got in there she denied everything she had said to me n the Tom of queu guessed it I CAN’T ANSWER THAT I WASN’T THERE so she got paid for the both of us in there so then back at the hospital he pulled his feeding tube half was out nobody was paying attention so I go ta c him n he keeps askin for warm blankets he has about 10 on n I c his chest red he’s sweating I can c his pulse just beating in his neck I asked the male nurse who rhymes with PUKE is he having another stroke these r the symptoms he had b4 he says no I asked is he in q coma cuz he just has this blank look n not blinking a whole lot he yells Ivor he opens his yes slightly n closes them n he says no he’s very much here I asked why is he so hot he felt he says yeah goes n gets some ice packs n puts them under his arms n leaves Ivor is still askin for warm.blankets I saw Dr Dohm asked her ta come here n I asked her should he be sweating like this feel under his armpits he was burning up she asked them ta do his temperature it was 104+ once again I’M NOT A NURSE n I could tell so now he has a very bad infection n Dr Dohm wants someone ta stay the night cuz he might NOT make it n thank God for her Dr Dohm she took him off all the drugs those other doctors had him on I stayed with him up here for 2 days without sleep n he made it only for him ta pull the tube out more cuz no one up here pays attention so we got thru the infection only for him ta do the same thing again n now he has liquid in his lungs again this hospital is going to be the death of him the nurses r rude I had one come in the room n threatened me with the police if I didn’t leave I didn’t leave by the way she did this right in front of my husband well he then got upset n yelled not to clearly WHAT UR GONNA CALL THE COPS ON MY WIFE CUZ I WANNA POOP then she left u ask questions like he can’t swallow so I asked where all that flem goes the other one says u need to encourage him to swallow I said I have ta encourage him I headed back to the room only ta hear them laughing at me the one male nurse tried 4 times putting the tube in WITHOUT giving him a break in between no Tammy I’m a pro at this yeah right I said can u get Amanda wow he was pissed off at that request n got very smart ass with me I really DON’T know where these so called nurses got there education from but clearly they NEED MORE TRAINING what nurse can tell when someone had a stroke this is the MICKEY MOUSE CLUB not a hospital even during covid haha if u want in just wait till after 8 n ANYBODY is allowed in even WITHOUT A MASK go figure well PR hospital I have it all recorded JUDGEMENT DAY IS COMING
Anonymous
The quality of care provided by the PRGH is outstanding. Cannot say enough good things about the outstanding professionals and support staff supporting this community.
Anonymous
My husband had to go to the hospital as his heart was acting funny, it was 3 in the morning, nurses were excellent and attentive. He had a doctor Woznowski and doctor Head, they were excellent, took the time to explain the test results, sat by the side of the bed and talked to him. He was made feel very comfortable and it was the best experience he has had in a hospital in a long time.
Anonymous
I went to emergency in the morning as l had fallen and badly injured my face and and hand. The Nurse there, Shannon, was so cold and uncaring that l wondered why she would be in the medical profession. You go to the hospital for help and you end up feeling worse than when you came in. She definitely needs a new place to work as she does not have the caring personality that you need in a medical facility.