Rainbowman - I deleted your porn. Gube wants to hear from you - so I encourage you to visit him. 

come on Asshburn are you going to deny you have a secrete life

Washburn, according to your facts, every hospital is negligent.  So why send someone down the hill for Emergency care?  People die from misdiagnosis every single day it's an unfortunate fact.  Why do you choose to badmouth Tehachapi Hospital for what goes on in every hospital across the country? 

I think you have some of your facts wrong on the construction of the new hospital and I won't pretend to know everything there is to know about the issue.  I do know that by law, they are having to do another environmental study.  The plans are finally moving along. 

As for the man that drives around in his car.  I know the man.  I know what happened and due to Privacy, I won't go into details about his loss.  But I can tell you one thing for certain.  It was not Tehachapi Hospital that killed his wife.

I'm sorry for your losses.  I hope you are doing well with your asthma.

rainbow, if you want anybody to read your posts you need to choose another color besides yellow. 

Though I've never had to use the ER for emergency service, I was sent there by my md for tests one day, I was in pain, but not life threatening. I waited maybe 15 minutes before being taken back, the test was done, I was on my way. Small, yes. Clean, very. The lady who took care of my paperwork was attentive, polite and knew what she was doing.

As far as 'administrators' running the joint - would you put a banker in charge of a construction job? A contractor in charge of a school? I want doctors running the joint!

And some doctors prefer the ER over private practice, that's all. I know I would.

Negligent? How about the doctor in a big city hospital - one of the Seventh Day Adventist facilities -who diagnosed my daughter's pneumonia as WORMS? That's one bill that never got paid! His name was Dr. Rose and he was a blooming idiot!

Olivia - I agree with you that TH has an excellent front office staff. They are always polite and try to keep everyone updated about the wait, etc. I would definitely not want their job, to have to be yelled at & take the blame for things that are beyond their control. I also agree with you about Dr. Barrozo. Having worked with him for many years, I know that he is a very nice man who I would choose to be my emergency doctor because I know that he will do a complete job.  Olivia, can you send me a message? I have something to tell you but can't click on your name anymore.

There are excellent nurses, doctors, and other staff at TH. They are caring, patient, knowledgable, and polite. There are also several doctors, nurses, and other staff that are rude, and act as though you are bothering them by making them do their job. I am sure that anyone who has been to TH has dealt with both. I can say that I personally have seen both. In my person life I have always received excellent care for myself & my family members with exception of one time. Of course, I was an employee of the hospital at the time and know that knowing the staff can make a difference. However, in my experience working there I have also seen some horrible things happen to patients & their families. Unfortunately, it is all the luck of the draw. If you are lucky enough to have your emergency on a day that good staff are working then you will receive excellent care. If you go on another day, you will be treated by staff as though they just want to get rid of you. This isn't something that is unique to TH, you will encounter it no matter what hospital you go to.

At TH you will find doctors who provide excellent care but because of their culture don't have good bedside manner, doctors who want to bring in as much money as possible so they will admit you for anything, doctors who don't need the patients input or tests because they are all-knowing & know there is nothing wrong with you, doctors who are rude to staff & patients, and doctors who are wonderful in their care & personality.

Not till hell freezes over, That is what a good friend and long time Tehachapi resident has told me many times on him ever going to our local hospital. His words were "" I do not care if I am having a major heart attack I'll never go to tehachapi hospital I will go to Bakersfield first'''''. Well my friend had chest pains the other day and well, It must of got a little cold under his feet because he made the wise decision and went to tehachapi hospital.  You can bet when I went to see him in the hospital up here I could not help but give him a hard time. Luckily for my friend it was not too serious and he was released the next day. My friend had good things to say and did not regret his decision to be seen at our hospital.

What I would like to know has anyone else had any experiences like my buddy did if so I would like to read about it.

Rainbowman, I can't read your bright yellow font. 

I have been to TH and I have had both good and bad experiences there so it could go either way for me. I have heard some not so great stories about TH, but I've also heard some not so great stories about other hospitals to. I guess my point is all hospitals have their moments and it's normally a problem with a staff member and not the hospital itself.

Ok, so I had surgery there by Dr. Olsen and my son did also.  Many trips to the ER...it is what it is, a small hospital expected to have big city care.  The staff there is great (except that Olivia woman...she is a pain in the a$$:).  Dr. Barazzo is very cold and detached but he gets the job done.  And GUBE how dare you ask if someone has resentments....the only posts i EVER see from you are negative and mean, so recognize..

JUST KIDDING ABOUT THE OLIVIA THING

lol, good to hear from you Jewels, yeah I can be a pain in the rear.  I've also seen my share of grumpy staff.  As I stated before....if anyone is mistreated, or disrespected, I don't care what kind of day someone has had, you should not hesitate to get their name and report it.  Customer Service means a lot to me and my pet peeve is people with a little bit of knowledge treating customers or co workers like they don't have feelings.  Hopefully it doesn't happen often.  I wish it didn't happen at all.

jewels hey girl just for you last week I posted something positive or don't you remember that? Anyway I love you jewel.