Patient
Dr. Thakrar was amazing and the majority of everyone else was as well, except for the Nurse by the name of Gilbert. I was at the ER from six in the morning till around 11:30 AM Wednesday, November 12th. At first he was kind and seemed understanding. Everything changed when he asked for a urine sample. I told him I couldn't walk since I had just been administered iv pain medicine that made me extremely drowsy. Mind you, I was also in excruciating stomach pain. He wheeled me into the restroom and waited outside while I collected the sample. He came in once I was done and as I was washing my hands, I became extremely nauseous. I knew that I would lose my balance if I tried to walk back to the toilet, so the logical thing for me was to use the waste basket that was right next to the sink, which had a plastic bag. I viciously vomited, as I was having a hard time keeping my balance. Once I was done, I washed my face and swished water in my mouth. Since there was vomit in the trash can already, I decided spit the water from my mouth in the waste basket. He quickly said, "next time you need to vomit, use the toilet!" I understand that me vomiting in the waste basket was gross, but it was either that or I risk falling because it was apparent he wasn't gonna be helping me. He will be back into my room and I waited while I got the results from my blood work, scan and EKG. Hours passed and the doctor came back in to assess med prescribe more pain meds. After the doctor left the room, a while passed and nobody came into our room so my husband went out and told them that I needed to use the restroom and they said someone would come. After about an hour, the nurse Gilbert came back in and had the medication in hand. I asked him if I could use the restroom before he administered the medication since I knew I was gonna get drowsy and he rolled his eyes. After that, any question that I asked was met with what I considered sarcastic responses. I was released as soon as I was done with that medication and he came to bring in paperwork at that time he seemed much nicer. I understand working in the medical field comes with a lot of frustrations, but when a person goes into the emergency room, the majority of the time it's because they're really sick. In July 2021, I was in the ICU with Covid, every single nurse that I encountered was amazing from the nurses in the ER, to the nurses in the ICU, to the nurses on the third floor, which was the Covid unit back then. I'm going to pray for nurse Gilbert And hope that none of the defenseless patients to come, encounter that side of him.