7th-cup-of-coffee t1_iudrbec wrote on October 30, 2022 at 3:46 PM

Reply to comment by wagonboss in Pediatric hospital beds in Richmond are nearly full, thanks to surge of RSV by CrassostreaVirginica

Thanks HCA, for making plans to permanently close the NICU at Chippenham in a few days. If you’re pregnant or have a newborn, don’t bother going to Chippenham.

Their plan is to send your newborn in an ambulance to Johnston Willis if they require intensive care. Also, they will charge you for that ambulance ride. Also, Chippenham is getting rid of many of their staff that handle intubated newborns, so the ambulance ride to Johnston Willis is assuming that your infant makes it that far. (But you will be charged for the ambulance ride even if your newborn doesn’t survive.) Shout out to HCA for prioritizing profits over lives.

wagonboss t1_iudxmml wrote on October 30, 2022 at 4:30 PM

Wow, I remember when they closed those services at Forest, the popular belief was because of them at the CJW facility. Unfortunately, Bon Secours does those kind of things just as sketchy.

If someone with stroke symptoms is brought to Memorial Regional, the neurologist is via camera through the ED. Meanwhile, either their critical care or AMR is notified.

If the neurologist decides to not have it shipped out, AMR is still compensated by the network. But I’ve heard of patients getting those bills recently. Healthcare sucks

Whitney_Ashley t1_iuf2txw wrote on October 30, 2022 at 9:03 PM

They essentially moved the NICU to JW from Chippenham. It's literally a few miles down the road. They are sister hospitals. Just deliver at JW and you won't have a problem if your newborn needs NICU and you don't want the ambulance ride. If newborn is discharged and is re-admitted, they would go to Chippenham to PICU/peds anyway.