St Josephs Area Health Services

Mom and two kids made to walk in the cold

I had to call an ambulance last month (February) at a Laundromat. I had my two daughters, 8 and 3, come with me. After I was treated, I asked a male nurse if there was anyway for me and my girls to get back to the Laundromat. I had no one to call who'd be able to get us. He said no at first. Than later came back into the room and said that the hospital had a non emergency service for people who needed rides but that it was too expensive. I had insurance but I was told by the hospital intake lady said that I didn't have it (but I did). So they couldn't offer me a ride. So my girls and I had to walk back to the Laundromats in 10 degree weather. Luckily, after trying to flag people down for a ride, a sweet elderly woman came and rescued us. I don't know if we would have made it if we had to walk the whole way.No one at that hospital cared or batted an eyelash, knowing that a mom and her two kids were being made to walk across town, late at night, in the freezing cold. None of them.

best hospital around, because its the only hospital around. note, doesn't give rides

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