1 /5 Joshua Olian: Worst medical experience Iāve ever had. I waited over an hour and a half and watched people who came in after me leave before I was even taken into the back.
Then, they took my temperature and left me in the check-up room for FORTY minutes without once checking on me or letting me know what was taking so long.
I listened as the doctors helped patients that came in after me and finished with them and sent them home without ever talking to me.
They literally just forgot I existed and didnāt come to help me until I walked out of my room and asked to see a doctor myself.
They prioritized other patients that came in after me and then pretended thatās not what happened.
It should not take two and a half hours to take someoneās temperature, feel their throat, and give them a flu prescription.
The actual time spent helping me was probably less than 15 minutes, yet it took them over two and a half hours.
THEN, I wanted to change the location my prescription was being sent to, because the pharmacy I selected originally had closed⦠because they took so long.
And I was told it would take a long time to change the location, and I said thatās fine I will wait. When I said Iād be willing to wait, the woman I was talking to snapped at me and said itāll probably be tomorrow.
She would rather send a patient home without medication that they need than actually do her job and help patients.
And get this, I asked the receptionist to send it to a different pharmacy, and she fixed it within TWO MINUTES.
Even as the receptionist was helping me, that other woman was telling her not to and trying to prevent me from getting my prescription.
So no, it wasnāt going to take a long time and it wasnāt an issue to change. That woman just wanted me to leave and go home miserable because I didnāt have my medication, despite how easy it was to fix.
Working at a medical facility and having such a bad attitude and actively trying not to help patients is atrocious.
This is genuinely appalling. At every stage in the process, there is so much disregard for the well-being of the patients and so much disorganization.
Forgetting about a patient completely, ignoring them while you help others who came in after them, pretending like thatās not what happened, taking so long that the pharmacy I selected closed, and then trying to prevent me from going to a different pharmacy by LYING to me about how long it would take to change.
Honestly, if I were a manager of a medical facility and I employed people who treated patients like this, I would be ashamed of myself.
Hiring and supporting staff who not only disregard the needs of patients, but actively work against their needs is just unbelievable.