Stay out of Parkview hospital!!!

[Out of state RN]

I grew up in Pueblo and dont have a lot of positive things to say about anyone inthe legal business. Most are corrupt or will be given time. Parkview took care of me in 2004 and regardless of the difficulties they had diagnosing my ailment, the treatment was fabulous. I know for one as an RN, medicine is truly an educated guess in a white coat. These doctors diagnose and treat based on trends. I for one must say that if an IV was causing that much pain and you knew it wasnt't right, you should have ripped the darn thing out, its venous and pretty hard to bleed to death from it. Granted not having it removed by an RN can lead to trauma or a dislodged catheter tip, but if it was soon after and not 3 days later it would have saved you a lot of grief.

[DonthePA]

Has any of the patients,that have been injured in the hospital,ever file a class action suit against the hospital? If no, why not?

[JPM]

Free Speech wrote:

Hey dummy, learn to spell. Then criticize.

^and this with a name like free speech.
parkview has almost always seemed a decent hospital to me.the only beef i have with them is the one time i walked myself 12 blocks to get there and them bastards put a cathedore(sp?)in me because they said i couldnt walk 10 feet to the bathroom.stupid car crash

[Sam]

I have experience at both hospitals. It seems to be kind of a toss-up, but I lean toward Parkview's favor. The experience as a patient at Parkview was to have a cardiac cath done for heart problems. Trying to get somebody to answer the call light, since I was supposed to stay flat and literally couldn't reach anything, including the water that I was supposed to be drinking a lot of to flush out the dye, was a major chore. I was pretty much left on my own both before and after the cath--not so good for somebody with an abnormal EKG. However, that was over 10 years ago so maybe things are different now. My experience at the "alternative hospital in town" was a bust for sure. The only good nurse I had was a so-called "rent-a-nurse" who worked per diem out of the Springs and he was excellent. The "hospitalist" acted as if she got her MD off of a matchbook cover. The evening CNA was consistently rude and practically the whole staff acted as if they would rather be anywhere but where they were.

injured by Parkview wrote:

Parkview hospital injured my wife through their gross negligence. My wife was admitted to Parkview for a bladder infection. They placed an IV in her arm at the elbow. She complained immediately that this IV didn't feel right. They refused to move it!
After three days, during which time she constantly complained about the IV, they finally removed it. Her arm was swollen to twice its normal size and she couldn't move it. Their own doctor diagnosed R.S.D. caused by IV infiltration.
R.S.D. is a type of nerve damage that effects the whole body, causing constant pain. We took them to court and the idiots in the jury found for Parkview. Judge Maes went so far as to award Parkview $20,000 in court costs.
How insane is that? they injure her and we are supposed to pay them $20,000 for the privelage.
If you want to live stay out of Parkview!! I've heard more horror storie than I can tell about that butchershop!

[Barbara]

I sure hope that Parkview is better than the other hospital in Pueblo, as my Mother was admitted there yesterday with heart issues. She lives in AZ, but spends summers in CO where my sisters are. One sister was critcally injured in a car crash a few years ago and taken to the other hospital where she had several surgeries. She was in and out - OK now - but the care was mediocre and she got MRSA there. It is that staph infection that is so hard to cure.
Once my mother is out of there, she plans to go to Mayo in Phoenix for further diagnosis.