Patricia P.
Yelp
Watch out!!! In emergencies, the quality of care is atrocious.
I was a patient at Grace for a dozen years or more. Recently, when I was in the midst of a mental health crisis, I told my pcp I was about to explode because a "guest" in my house, and by guest I mean squatter, refuses to leave. I asked if he could prescribe a short-term course of Xanax or Valium, medications I have NEVER before requested. He refused. Five days later, I exploded in rage when I learned (from cops) that my squatter is as much entitled to live in my house as I am--even though he has never contributed a cent to household expenses or even his own personal expenses--until I go through the formal process of evicting him. I got arrested on a misdemeanor assault charge because I, a nearly 70-year old woman, kicked a 45-year old man who lives parasitically off me in the thigh. Was I wrong? Yes! Absolutely! I should not have done it.
I was arrested and spent two nights in jail. The day of my release, a registered letter, signed by my pcp, informed me that he was no longer my doctor. Yes, that's correct, phone operator at Grace Clinic told me; my pcp had "dismissed" me and I no longer have medical care at Grace. I've asked for an explanation, but no one from Grace will speak to me.
In the absence of all communication, I have tentatively reached this conclusion: execs at DisGrace forced my pcp to ditch me because, in my hour of need, he failed to treat me in a competent manner.
I hope to discover normal standards of care
at UMC.