I gave you first hand situations and you still seem quite defensive.
No the ER dr agreed it was an emergency but he said the neurology department doesn’t respond unless it is a stroke patient. he paged them for three patients including me numerous times and they never responded.
Health: I never told my neurologist at Columbia about my experience with the spinal tap. I was barely able to string together a coherent sentence when I met him. I just gave him the facts; my symptoms, diagnostice testing I had done, the diagnosis and the medication I was given. So he wasn’t being manipulative he just didn’t like that I wasn’t given proper care. The same with my surgeon at Cornell, his body language spoke volumes when he heard about my previous surgery at Maimonodies. It took a lot of questions and answers and second guessing him until I trusted him.
Based on the care that I have received and in some cases am still recieving at Cornell in many fields (I was never admitted to Columbia or needed their ER B”H)I can’t imagine such things happening there. Twice I got return calls from drs while they were in the OR. I had a dr call me back while he was out of town and leave me a message with his cell number and the times that he will be unavailable due to being inflight yet wanting me to call him any time to discuss my symptoms. I have gotten emails answered on weekends and at all hours of the day and night. I dont’ expect a dr to be at my beck and call 24/7 but having drs who go beyond the call of duty is really nice especially when compared to how my conditions have been dealt with previously. I am made to feel like the doctors and staff are there to treat me and make me better whenever I need them, not that I am bothering them and my symptoms aren’t important. BTW I do limit my after hours contact to emergency situations. Unfortionatly I have had numerous ones and even when it turns out that I panicked I am always reassured that I did the right thing and not to hesitate to contact them again. This is completly the opposite of the attitude I got at Maimonodies.
I think we should just agree to disagree on the level of care patients recieve at Maimonodies and other hospitals. We obviously aren’t going to change each others opinions.