Mercy Hospital Fairfield

HORRIBLE ER!!! If I'm dying in their driveway, let me. I will go home to Jesus.

In the early '90's my brother got his thumb caught in some machinery at work and was suspended 15' in the air by said thumb. Skin, cartilage, everything - completely ripped off the bone between the base of his thumb and the first joint. He arrived at Mercy right after midnight (2nd shift). No one in the ER could treat his particular injury (seriously?!) and the doctor (THE doctor? Only one?? REALLY??!?!) who could wasn't coming in until 8 a.m. THEY MADE MY BROTHER SIT THERE IN SHOCK (no pain, no clear memory of the event) FROM BEFORE 1 A.M. UNTIL 8 A.M. WITH HIS MANGLED, NEARLY SEVERED THUMB! No meds, no prep, nothing. Just him and my mom sitting in an ER cubicle waiting for the doctor FOR SEVEN (7) HOURS.

Last year my sister-in-law was hit head-on by a drunk driver. She was pinned in the car. Shattered right ankle, broken wrist, swollen tongue, bruises everywhere - internally and externally. They did Xray her and tell her all this. Then they SENT HER HOME - WITH NO CASTS. Told her to contact an orthopedic about her ankle and wrist.