Alice Stevens
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I've attempted needed surgery on my spine for a year and my ear since Christmas.
The typical visit to the ER includes being abused by the staff who express how much they hate their jobs. They are aggressive and violent. More than not decent as it usually goes but are also turning a blind eye to the behavior in their facility. One sits anywhere from six to twelve hours of sitting and dealing with the aggressive staff barbing myself and other patients regardless of their walk of life.
A typical behavior is the staff are eager to bring down security on patrons and this appears to revolve around standing up and going to the restroom and/or having a drink of water. I can only emphasize the violent demeanor in this. And towards the act of speaking.
In my case sitting in this position damages the spine more and causes me agony. I was punished for expressing this. In most cases scans were done. This they seem to well at.
When it comes to applying treatment in most cases it was the wrong treatment which I rejected, having to fight them about it due to said aggressive behavior which I will compare to running a prison facility. The same is said of making any attempt to leave the facility. Staff will aggressively attempt to stop one from doing so. In all cases I have had to contact the insurance and report it.
At some point one will be put in a room. Sometimes there is blood all over the floor. More staff will enter and more often spend their time barbing the patient. Staff often use charred words and focus on person's walk of life rather than any sort of therapy. More than once the staff suggested street drugs as cure for any illness on the table which they appear fond themselves.
The other day they tried to encourage me to do LSD. I attempted to talk about this the next day and ask them to resolve this matter and was yes, greeted with aggression. I then contacted the Attorney General's office and reported the incident and was directed to additionally log a case with the drug task force of Arizona. Additionally to this I was prompted to report the matters of patient abuse and discrimination to various agencies. This is pending and legal council is also being worked out. On multiple occasions staff have claimed to me that they are "gangsters" without prompt in what appears to be a coercive motion. This has also been reported to the AG's office and is pending investigation.
Any attempt to appeal said infractions is taken to the advocates. It appears their job is to cover up anything their including any illegal activities and not help the patients in any sort of manner.
This again appears to be only a small number of staff but does not matter again as they are given free reign to behave however they choose.
Upon interviewing various persons in the city I could not find a single person that spoke in a light manner about the facility. All invoked dread. Multiple persons stated something to the effect of "that hospital will let you die". This was also stated by patrons at the hospital and every story was about how they were being abused by the staff, sometimes which I witnessed. Citizens otherwise have stated in every instance that they will go as far to drive to another city even in the event of an emergency simply to avoid the horrible experience of the facility and it's staff and/or for fear they will incur further health issues by negligent treatment.
The bothersome part of all of this is the only reason I visit is because I am seeking medical help which I to date have not received. Which should be the reason for anyone to visit a healthcare facility and the staffs reason for working at one to provide it. Yet by their own words and rantings on the internet this appears to somehow to be the core issue in itself?
I continue to attempt to go to the facility having little other options out of the hope that I will simply get lucky and meet one person who just cares about other people and end up receiving medical treatment. All the while doing all I can to find other avenues against a worsening and debilitating condition.
