UVM Medical Center

R2D2

We had to visit the ER unfortunately. My fiance was in an accident. After a cat scan and waiting for quite a while (over an hour) to have the Dr go over the results with us (we'd already seen it electronically through portal) her blood sugar was nearing critical levels. I asked a nurse if she could eat some food because of her hypoglycemia. She said she'd be back shortly. We waited around 1 hour just to be told that they couldn't give her any food. We were pretty much forced to leave against medical advice.

Travis

This place has the absolute worst care I have ever seen and experienced. They do not create a care plan for the individual, instead you're a number and if you have X issues they treat you the same as everyone else with X issue, even if you progressively get worse in their care, they just scratch their heads and repeat what the last DR said and continue using their template. And if you can somehow manage to get better while staying under their care, you can be sure they will milk you dry and find ways to charge you months to even years later with a "we forgot to charge you for X" You are a number here, nothing more, your issues exist purely to provide the hospital with $$$ they do not care about you or your health. If possible go to another hospital that is not affiliated with UVM, if you need to take an ambulance, have them take you to any other medical facility.

Steve Arrants

I was scheduled for a colonoscopy. I received a message to prepay 30% of the procedure cost before showing up. My insurer said the colonoscopy was covered and to ignore the message. I could not get an answer of what was going on from UVM. I did not want to show up and get a bill for this, and then spend months getting it straightened out.

Chelsea Barsukoff

This place is HORRIBLE! If I could leave a 0 review I would. I had a family member admitted for a suspected heart attack from another hospital in Vermont who was not equipped to handle it properly. Not one, not two, but THREE cardiologists failed to READ the patients records. If they had, they would have known about the rare condition he was diagnosed with 15 years ago and they would have known that this condition causes pericarditis. Instead they ran multiple tests they didn't even understand and IGNORED the MRI results and sent him home!!!!!!!!!! Meanwhile his aortic valve remains enflamed and they never even attempted to figure out why or a treatment for this. If they had read the records they would have made a quick diagnosis and administered proper medication to relieve the pain and pressure he was experiencing. All they want is to run tests to receive money and keep adding onto their already expensive oversized hospital. And the best part, a comment made by one of the cardiologists "this hospital is packed to the brim with patients and you're just one in the queue". Thanks University of Vermont Medical Center for absolutely NOTHING. Pretty sad when family members are the ones doing the research and coming up with answers to the questions about why this happened.