Oklahoma City VA Medical Center

Pretty good VA Hospital. Looking around today, I didn't see a whole lot of veterans getting care. A lot of staff but not many vets. Maybe just an off day. Store was okay. Cafeteria was okay. Helpful help desk on ground floor. Bus stop is close. Chaplain's office was closed, of course. No signs, schedules, or indications that there's any Roman Catholic mass or any other kind of Catholic presence except a tiny little photo of a priest outside the chaplains office. Chapel looks like a classroom/Conference room. Sad. Tiny nasty little smoking area outside, with a guard keeping smokers out of the enclosed smoking area. Really poor elevator system here which totally congests and confuses the main ground floor hallway.

I drove an hour and a 1/2 to wait for 2 hours (three people were seen in 2 hours) just to be told (after I asked how long it would be) they just went to lunch. I couldn't get travel pay because the lab only takes walk ins. They took too long to see me so I had to leave without getting prosthetics and without getting paid travel pay.

The problems with the VA are getting better with the out outsourcing to other doctors.... Office outside of the VA but you have to be realistic they see more people than any other hospital system in the Nation

ER doctor was AWFUL. My husband went in for stomach pains. Spent 5 hrs in the ER to get less than a minute of time with the hospitalist. We tried to get a better understanding of my husbands diagnosis and the doctor walked out of the room as we were asking questions. The nurse had to go get him again so that we could finish asking our questions about his lab work. All he would say was to go see his primary care physician. He then prescribed pain pills which wont solve the problem. Did not inform us what the pills were or give any instructions. The next day my husband went in to get a copy of his medical records and there were several findings from his CT scan that we were NOT made aware of. Some of which relate directly to his symptoms he was experiencing. We are going to another hospital to find a doctor that actually cares about treating patients. This hospital is a disgrace.

The hospital was great. But they sent us to the ER and have been waiting with my 82 year old Uncle for 5 hours so far still haven't been seen.