South Florida Hospitals: Not Sicko
September 19th, 2007
Categories:Around Town, Community Information, Moving to South Florida, Real Estate News
Despite Michael Moore’s condemnation of our healthcare, I have to share some personal experiences I’ve had with our hospitals in South Florida.
On 2 different occasions, once when I had to bring my young daughter to the emergency room at Joe Dimaggio, the children’s wing of the Memoral Regional Hospital, www.memorialregional.com and another time when my husband was rushed to the emergency room at Aventura Hospital www.aventurahospital.com . Both times, I was truly amazed by the attention and speed of care. We were immediately admitted, tests were administered, before anyone even asked how we would be paying.
And that is how emergency rooms in American hospitals work: you cannot be denied medical attention. This is in sharp contrast to the Canadian system, where, through personal experience, I have seen patients waiting for hours before any triage was done, and being required to show some proof for payment. Now that is sicko.
Very glad you had good experiences. Unfortunately, after working as an RN for 43 years I can tell you that it doesn’t always work that way.
We’ve had incredibly positive experiences at Miami Children’s Hospital, and believe it or not, also at the Baptist Urgent Care Facility on S.W. 144 Street just east of US 1. (The urgent care facilities take patients after 6:00 p.m. until approximately midnight.)
I brought my daughter to the Dimaggio clinic after 7:00 pm, and was thrilled with the care we received. I’ve heard good things about the Children’s Hospital from others as well. It’s nice to have good things to say about our healthcare system, although it may be far from perfect. Too often we focus only on the negative… and I’m not just referrring to hospitals.
I took my daugter to the ER to get stitches and I was there from 10:20pm to 4 am at Aventura Hospital. That was totally uncalled for. It should not take that long for someone to receive ot get care for that long. They need to get a tracking system to improve the waiting time.