CHRIST COMMUNITY review: patient mistreatment 2

ON OCTOBER 20, 2010 I WAS DIAGNOSED WITH A STROKE AND CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE BY THE EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT AT SAINT FRANCIS HOSPITAL IN MEMPHIS TENNESSEE. I WAS HOSPITALIZED FOR A TOTAL OF 4 DAYS BEFORE I WAS RELEASED. WHEN THE ATTENDING PHYSICIAN DOCTOR BROCK THOMAS RELEASED ME FROM THE HOSPITAL HE EXPLAINED TO ME THAT I HAD HAD A STROKE AND I HAD A HEART DISEASE CALLED (CORTNARY ATERY DISEASE) IN WHICH HE EXPLAIN WAS PLAQUE BUILD-UP IN MY ARTERIES TO MUCH FAT AND GREASE FROM THE FOODS THAT I HAD COMSUMED IN MY DIET AND A LEAKING HEART VALVE THAT WAS LOCATED BETWEEN MY HEART AND MY LUNGS. HE SAID THE VALVE WAS NOT WORKING LIKE IT WAS SUPPOSE TO AND IT CAUSED FLUID AND BLOOD TO BAGED UP INTO MY LUNGS BECAUSE MY HEART WAS NOT PUMPING RIGHT AND HE GAVE ME SOME LITUATURE ON CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE. HE ALSO EXPLAINED TO ME HOW IMPORTANT THAT IT WAS FOR ME TO WEIGH MY SELF ON A DAILY BASIES TO ENSURE THAT MY WEIGHT DIDN'T CHANGE VERY QUICKLY AND TURN INTO CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE AGAIN AND HE RECOMEND THAT I SEE MY PRIMARY CARE PROVIDER IN 7 DAYS.. THE SAME NIGHT THEY TOOK A TOTAL OF 14 TUBES OF BLOOD FOR A LOT OF TEST, THE NEXT MORNING I WAS TAKEN DOWN FOR SOME ADDITIONAL TEST ON MY HEART AND THAT PARTICULAR TEST CONSIST OF TWO PARETS AT TWO DIFFERENT LOCATIONS. BEFORE I WAS ADMITTED IN THE HOSPITAL WHILE I WAS STILL IN THE EMERGENCY ROOM I WAS TAKEN IN FOR A HEAD X-RAY AND THAT'S WHEN THE STROKE WAS CONFIRM. ON APRIL 25, 2011 I WAS SEEN IN CHRIST COMMUNITY BY DOCTOR (JOHN ENGBRESTON MD) WHO WAS UNUSUALLY RUDE TO ME AND HE STATED TO ME THAT I DID NOT HAVE CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE EVER AND HE DIDN'T HAVE ANYTHING IN MY FILE STATING THAT I HAD CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE WITH THE INFORMATION THAT SAINT FRANCIS HOSPITAL HAD SENT OVER AND THE ONLY THING THAT HE SEEN IN MY FILE WAS I DID HAVE A STROKE AND I ASKED HIM WHY WOULD THE EMERGENCY ROOM DIAGNOSE ME WITH SOMETHING THAT SERIOUS AND HOSPITALIZE A PATIENT WITH NO MDEICAL INSURANCE IF THEY WASN'T SURE WITH WHAT THEY HAD FOUND. I ALSO STATED TO HIM THAT I NEVER SEEN HIM IN THE WHOLE 13 YEARS THAT I HAD BEEN COMING INTO THAT CLINIC SO HOW COULD HE GO OVE MY WHOLE MEDICAL FILE IN 15 MINUTES. I HAVE SEVERE HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE PROBLEM AND HE MADE A STATEMENT TO ME THAT I NEEDED TO CUT BACK ON MY CALORIE INTAKE AND I SAID TO HIM I HAVE A CONDICTION CALLED POLISISTIC OVARIES DISEASE FOR THE LAST 13 YEARS THAT I HAVE BEEN COMMING HERE AND I WAS NEVER TREATED FOR THAT AND THE DOCTOR AT THE MED-PLEX THAT DIAGNOSED ME WITH THAT TOLD ME THAT MY WEIGHT WOULD ALWAYS BE A PROBLEM AS LONG AS I WASNT GETTING TREATMENT FOR THE DISEASE ALONE WITH HAIR LOSS HAIR UNDER MY CHIN AND POSSIBLY UNCONTROLLABLE HIGH BLOOD PREASSURE, HE DOCTOE ENGBESTON ASKED ME IN A RUDE AND UNUSUAL WAY "SO YOU ARE SAYING THAT YOU ARE NOT OVER WEIGHT AND YOU DO NOT HAVE A LOT OF FAT ON YOUR BODY?", THE QUESTION WAS ASKED BECAUSE I STATED TO HIM THAT I HAD A LOT OF FLUID ON ME EVERYDAY THAT I WAKE UP EVEN THOUGH I HAD LIMITED MY FLUID INTAKE LIKE THEY RECOMEND TO 5 OZ OF WATER ONLY A DAY AND THEY HAD RAISED MY FLUID PLIIS ( FEROSMIDE) FROM 40MG TO 80 MG A DAY. I ALSO STATED TO HIM IF I CAN ONLY DRINK 5OZ'S OF WATER A DAY AND TAKING 80MG OF FLUID PILLS WOULDN'T THAT CAUSE ME GET BE DEHYDRATED AND PASS OUT. HE GOT REAL UPSET WITH ME AND I THEN SHOWED HIM MY FINGER NAILS AND I SAID TO HIM THAT MY IRON WAS LOW AND HE SAID TO ME YOUR BLOOD IS FINE AND I ASKED HIM IF MY BLOOD WAS FINE I HOLD BOTH OF MY HANDS UP TO HIM I ASKED HIM WHY WAS MY FINGER NAILS WHITE HE WALKED OUT OF THE ROOM. I HAD SOME BLOOD WORK DONE ON MY LAST VISIT APRIL 20, 2011 THEY TOOK 7 TUBS ON BLOOD, THOSE RESULTS WAS NEVER CONFIRMED. I WENT THEY SAME DAY AND PURCHASED SOME OVER THE COUNTER IRON SUPPLEMENTS. I FEEL THAT I WAS MISTREATED BECAUSE I DIDNT HAVE MEDICAL INSURANCE AND I WAS SELF PAY BUT I ALSO FEEL AS A CERTIFIED DOCTOR UNDER A SWORN DUTY HE SHOULD HAVE TREATED ME AS FAIR AS THE REST OF THE PAIENTS OR HE SHOULD'T BE A DOCTOR AT ALL. I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW HOW CAN I TALK TO SOMEONE WHO COULD ENSURE THAT THIS WILL NEVER HAPPEN TO ANOTHER PATIENT. I SUFFER WITH DEPRESSION AND THE COMMENTS THAT HE MADE ABOUT MY WEIGHT COULD HAVE CAUSED ME TO COMMITT SUICIDE THE THOUGHT DID CROSS MY MIND FOR A CERTIFIED DOCTOR TO MAKE A BLUNT UNPROFESSIONAL STATEMENT OF THAT SORT OF COURSE HE DIDNT KNOW MY WHOLE MEDICAL HISTORY BECUASE HE DIDNT READ MY MEDICAL FILE. PLEASE HELP ME TO ASSURE THAT THIS MATTER GETR ADDRESED TO ENSURE THAT ANOTHER PATIENT DOES NOT HAVE TO GO THROGH THIS FROM THIS DOCTOR. HE ALSO STATED TO ME THAT I SHOULDN'T LISTEN TO ANYTHING THAT THE EMERGENY ROOM SAY TO ME AND I SAID TO HIM THE EMERGENCY ROOM DID MORE TEST ON ME IN FOUS DAYS THAN THIS CLINIC HAS DONE IN 13 YEARS.