1 /5 Junius Jones: Was just reminded about the ridiculous experience I had at this facility.
My wife brought me to the ER, because I was having a hypertensive episode and panic attack, due to what eventually turned out to be my first bad reaction to a food allergy.
The people at intake treated me like a junky. The nursing staff seemed to be offended at my existence, as I recall basically being thrown onto the cart and my arm torqued inhumanely, as they set the pick line.
While barely lucid, I had to repeatedly assure them that "I didnt take anything", to which they scoffed and made faces to each other, as if they simply just knew what was the cause of my condition.
I didnt get any real civility until their tox screen came back that there was nothing illicit in my system, at which point they just wanted to rush me out, as quickly as possible.
At the time, I was so worried about what was happening to me. I asked the attending doctor for some sort of assurance (likely something variable unreasonable at the time)... he mocked me.
Ultimately, Ive made sure to tell everyone that matters to me to avoid this facility for years. Ive never been so disrespected in my life. I served my country for years, completed multiple degrees, and provide financial systems consulting for the largest tourist attraction on Earth... but at this ER they saw me and said, "Yeah, thats an obvious user." Smh. I hope to God that attrition has made it a better place by now.