Hep C Discussion Forum

The Methodist University Hospital complex where I go to see my Tx Dr. is comprised of a huge area with acres and acres of buildings built in various different decades and re-engineered to all "fit together" and work fine. (And if you believe that then I have my bridge on sale today for 1/2 price).

 And the whole big thing is a nightmare to try to navigate through. And to add insult to injury, for the last 2 years the main entrance and ER and who knows what all else has been under construction = double nightmare.

 So, last January, when I was delivered via ambulance to the ER, due to abdominal pains caused by acites, my stretcher was placed along the ER hall wall along with other stretchers as far down the hall as I could see. After approx 1 1/2 hrs when I finally got put in an exam room for a paracentesis proceedure, I was put in one of the last available cardiac response rooms. I wander what they would have done if a heart attack victim came in while they were in the middle of my procedure.

 Anyway, they finally got all the construction done and it opens this week. It's pretty impressive and all that stuff, but the improvement I consider the most awesome is that I can now get to my transplant center without needing GPS guidance, a hard hat, HAZMAT protective apparel, a hospital employee every 20 ft to ask for directions and a cell phone to call the transplant center front desk to notify them that I will be there as soon as I can locate the correct zip code within this mess.

 But seriously, I was a witness that this was way past badly needed and I'm glad to see the improvement. Now if the idiot powers that be in this city can follow suite and spend all those millions on issues that actually need $ spent on them, especially in order to save lives, then there may be hope, maybe. JMO