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Posted: Wed Sep 29, 2021 4:08pm
DaveP wrote on Wed Sep 29, 2021 4:04pm:
Indeed..Vera Health Center is very good...as is Almería Hospital...Huércal o Vera Hospital is a disgrace...shortly to change under the weight of denunciation
As far as I can tell...the people answering have all suffered fairly minor injuries and illness. .wait till you really need the Hospital to function properly..as I did ..you will then discover how very bad it is
Posted: Wed Sep 29, 2021 4:35pm
I had wonderful treatment there for life saving treatment after being taken into A&E.
Every element of my treatment from A&E, Pre operation and post operation was excellent.
Food was also wonderful. On time and always hot and even fish and chips on a Friday.
Posted: Wed Sep 29, 2021 4:46pm
Partaloa09 wrote on Wed Sep 29, 2021 4:35pm:
I had wonderful treatment there for life saving treatment after being taken into A&E.
Every element of my treatment from A&E, Pre operation and post operation was excellent.
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Food was also wonderful. On time and always hot and even fish and chips on a Friday.
Fish and chips...you are joking I assume...that is the standard by which you judge a hospital
I won't insult everyone's intelligence by replying....it's a Hospital we are talking about .not your local chippie
DaveP wrote on Wed Sep 29, 2021 4:46pm:
Fish and chips...you are joking I assume...that is the standard by which you judge a hospital
I won't insult everyone's intelligence by replying....it's a Hospital we are talking about .not your local chippie
the food in most .hospitals in Spain leaves a lot to be desired but then it is the same in the UK sometimes. The medical care can not be called quackery as you put it. they have saved my husband's life after .a heart attack and I have had the best treatment for breast cancer over the last 6 months. When my husband was in for a week I took him sandwiches because the spinach and steamed fish was not a good thing .That's the way of it here.
Posted: Wed Sep 29, 2021 10:57pm
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DaveP wrote on Wed Sep 29, 2021 4:00pm:
I think you were lucky...U agree that the surgical teams are excellent..and indeed..saved my foot when the easy option was to amputation
However .the aftercare. In the Hospital..was terrible by any standard...so bad that I had to threaten to call my lawyer just to get something to eat. Finally they called the surgeon in.He explained it was a well known problem with minimal wage ' nurses'...and apologised to me..he actually shared ...
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...his takeaway pizza with me ...in the end..I have had to denounce the hospital..I very nearly lost my leg to.infection due to their indecisions and incompetence...and U am not the only one..a class action denunciation will follow shortly
Sadly, the only thing that will change is the size of your bank balance - downwards, and your stress levels - upwards.
This is not UK. This is Spain. A “normal” court action can take years to go through the incredibly cumbersome court system; a class action such as you speak of will be burdened by delay after delay after delay. If you see a resolution inside 8 to 10 years I would be pleasantly surprised; and don’t count on a successful resolution either, Spain is less what you know and more who you know … still, if you are set on that course, I wish you every success, but judging from the responses you’ve received here, you will be up against plenty of evidence contrary to that that you seek to present
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Posted: Thu Sep 30, 2021 12:45am
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Nearly 3 years ago, I was taken into HO hospital and within less than an hour I had been diagnosed with sepsis and but for their fast attention and knowledge I probably wouldn't be here today. I was in 6 days, the nurses and doctors were excellent and the food was always hot, typical Spanish food, very wholesome.
Following year I was diagnosed with prostate cancer, very quickly sorted out for treatment but then had to go to Granada for the radioactive implants. Only in for one day there but once again excellent treatment, brilliant staff.
I am now imminently due to have a hip replacement but due to backlogs have been offered an appointment at Virgen del Mar private hospital in Almeria. I would have had no qualms if I was going into HO for it, you have obviously been unlucky when you have been there.
DaveP wrote on Tue Sep 28, 2021 6:49pm:
Has any one else had the misfortune to be treated for something at the quackery that is alleged to be a hospital at Huércal o Vera.?
I ask because I now refuse to go there again for reasons too numerous to list
I disagree with the term “quackery”. The medical treatment is very thorough. However I would agree that bedside manner seems to be lacking. I had to take my partner there back in May suffering with agonising pains in his stomach and vomiting Of course due to COVID I couldn’t go in with him and he was left on his own apparently in a cupboard, in excruciating pain and vomiting frequently for hours. When they did get round to treating him they were not very gentle to say the least and he had bruises on his side from the radiologist grabbing him and thrusting him towards the X-ray machine. At the end of the day when they finally agreed that he could leave, after me waiting outside for over 12 hours with no idea of how long he was going to be, they removed the catheter from a delicate place with an almighty yank, causing him to yell out in pain and obviously some soreness afterwards. The day was a complete nightmare for him - as had been the night before when the pain started. We have to admit though that when he was treated, they were thorough. He had X-rays, scans, blood tests and pain killing medication, eventually, and was almost pain free when finally released.
Posted: Thu Sep 30, 2021 5:09pm
FrandeC wrote on Thu Sep 30, 2021 9:19am:
I disagree with the term “quackery”. The medical treatment is very thorough. However I would agree that bedside manner seems to be lacking. I had to take my partner there back in May suffering with agonising pains in his stomach and vomiting Of course due to COVID I couldn’t go ...
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...in with him and he was left on his own apparently in a cupboard, in excruciating pain and vomiting frequently for hours. When they did get round to treating him they were not very gentle to say the least and he had bruises on his side from the radiologist grabbing him and thrusting him towards the X-ray machine. At the end of the day when they finally agreed that he could leave, after me waiting outside for over 12 hours with no idea of how long he was going to be, they removed the catheter from a delicate place with an almighty yank, causing him to yell out in pain and obviously some soreness afterwards. The day was a complete nightmare for him - as had been the night before when the pain started. We have to admit though that when he was treated, they were thorough. He had X-rays, scans, blood tests and pain killing medication, eventually, and was almost pain free when finally released.
Nail..hit ..head..thorough...but very poor nursing..complete lack of compassion ..and frankly..they care nothing for the people supposed to be in their care
Posted: Thu Sep 30, 2021 5:12pm
DarioMartin wrote on Wed Sep 29, 2021 10:57pm:
Sadly, the only thing that will change is the size of your bank balance - downwards, and your stress levels - upwards.
This is not UK. This is Spain. A “normal” court action can take years to go through the incredibly cumbersome court system; a class action such as you speak of will be burdened by delay after delay after delay. If you see a resolution inside 8 to 10 years I would be pleasantly sur...
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...prised; and don’t count on a successful resolution either, Spain is less what you know and more who you know … still, if you are set on that course, I wish you every success, but judging from the responses you’ve received here, you will be up against plenty of evidence contrary to that that you seek to present
Nail..hit ..head..thorough...but very poor nursing..complete lack of compassion ..and frankly..they care nothing for the people supposed to be in their care
Posted: Thu Sep 30, 2021 5:13pm
DarioMartin wrote on Wed Sep 29, 2021 10:57pm:
Sadly, the only thing that will change is the size of your bank balance - downwards, and your stress levels - upwards.
This is not UK. This is Spain. A “normal” court action can take years to go through the incredibly cumbersome court system; a class action such as you speak of will be burdened by delay after delay after delay. If you see a resolution inside 8 to 10 years I would be pleasantly sur...
Read more...
...prised; and don’t count on a successful resolution either, Spain is less what you know and more who you know … still, if you are set on that course, I wish you every success, but judging from the responses you’ve received here, you will be up against plenty of evidence contrary to that that you seek to present
Anith
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