I get tired of reading so many negative things in the paper about Pahrump from locals. However, I am compelled to write this letter because it goes deep into my soul and conscience.
On Oct. 16, I worked a very fast and hard day at court and then worked more on my property in Pahrump, where my father once lived. I was in the process of teaching a class to CASA students, who were going to be sworn in by Judge Lane on that next Friday. At the conclusion of the class I decided I needed a couple swallows of water. The water was having difficulty going down, so I proceeded to the rest room, where I became very sick to my stomach and broke out in a clammy and severe sweat. I made it out to my car and had my clerk drive me to a friend. She then drove me to the local hospital and the first thing I thought of was, “Oh, God, why did I have to get so sick here?” I was under the impression I was having a heart attack and this was the last place I wanted to be. By this time I was too weak to walk and almost too weak to talk.
I had a silent heart attack and my ECG was normal. The nurses and doctor in the ER could not have been faster in their treatment. I was being treated with a heart problem but the symptoms were such they felt it was abdominal. As a result, they found some other issue. By the morning, another doctor came in and gave me the good news about the heart attack being silent and did a couple more tests. He called Mercy Air and had me transported to Desert Springs Hospital emergency room, where I was later admitted to ICU.
I just want to tell the citizens of Pahrump how lucky you are to have such competent people working in Desert View Hospital. They did everything in their power to keep pain under control and checked on me constantly. You would not get better treatment in any other hospital. It gives me great pleasure to write this letter and to let you know that you have top professionals working on you if you are ever in the same situation. You truly have a medical facility that you can be proud of and have caring people in it.
Judge Margaret Whittaker
Categorized | Letters to the editor
Very fortunate to have Desert View Hospital
Posted on07 December 2012.
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You were dam lucky then cause they almost killed my father! my father went into the hospital for he had chest pains. the doctor released him saying he had angina. well he didn’t make it to his car when he was hunched over in severe pain! a kind person told him to go back in he replied ” i just left there” well he went to his primary care doctor who ran some quick tests and discovered he was having a heart attack! so he was rushed to vegas for stent placement! THEN someone i knew had a blood clot and they left her sit in the EMERGENCY ROOM for 16 hours before getting seen or being admitted! then the doctor had the nerve to tell me i was wrong about blood clots??? when i had documented PROOF in my hands of what can happen. then i go in for some tiny micro clots in my arm and i tell them this is my first and i think its a blood clots they said ” I don’t appreciate you coming in here and telling me how to do my job” he was going to draw blood and i told the doc then you best be drawing a d dimer test he got pissed and walked out. HE comes back in and starts telling me how i am not suppose to tell him how to do his job etc I said look clotting runs in my family don’t you think i did enough research to know the signs. well he examined me further and said no blood draw you are correct and walked out in a very angry huff and came back in and told me how to correct the issue without a blood thinning treatment! my last two trips i have found the staff to be on a kinder level but the previous trips man you have to be on your toes and practically DEMAND things to be done! and some staff there do not read the charts for they kept wanting to give me meds i’m alergic to! all I GOTTA SAY IS BE ON YOUR TOES WHEN AT THE HOSPITAL HERE IN PAHRUMP! YOU BE IN CHARGE AFTER ALL ITS YOUR HEALTH!
My partner has been to the local hospital 3 times with heart issues, and the doctors, nurses, etc, have been exceptional when attending to her. Two times they transferred her to Las Vegas to make sure she was taken care of.
I think we should rename that hospital to “Nye County Airport”
About all they are interested in is getting the cash to fly you to Vegas.
Its a hospital, they should not need to fly EVERY SINGLE person to Vegas.
Then again, when you make nearly 30,000 dollars for every flight, you can understand why they are anxious to get to flown into Vegas for that ingrown toe nail.
Oh but DennyW, The helicopter lands at the old money-pit that the last guy you all “owed gratitude” too lost money on year after year after year. Until the community got the actual “Hospital” that you all refer too…..and of course IMMEDIATELY ran the last “Gratitude guy” out of business.
Maybe if my husband had been a “judge”, his visit to Desert View Hospital would not have resulted in death due to the floor doctor’s negligence and poor judgement?
I will NEVER go back to this hospital unless it’s in a hearse. I was hemorrhaging, had passed out… they made me wait 4 hours in the waiting room… then another hour in the exam room BEFORE anyone came to see me. When someone did come it was the x-ray tech… to take a CHEST X-ray.. Now.. if a female is hemorrhaging from the “Privates”.. Why would I need a freakin’ CHEST X-RAY???? Well, after waiting around for another 2 hrs.. I asked another nurse if it would be much longer. The Dr. didn’t even know that I was there ???? I got dressed and walked out. Ended up back there 2 days later however.. admitted and given a blood. That was it.. no examinations.. no explanations.. NOTHING. Like I said.. the only way I’ll be at that hospital again is if I’m already DEAD.