Belpre Medical Campus - Marietta Memorial Hospital

my son recently was seen in ER for a laceration of his heel. This was on a Friday morning. He was told by ER doc. that this MIGHT be a partial laceration of Achilles tendon and he would be referred to an orthopedic doctor. The wound was closed and he was released on antibiotics. It took us 5 days to finally get in with a PA for follow up----5 days of worrying if this injury was going to require physical therapy, or surgery. why could he not have been seen in ER by ortho. to determine if this was indeed a partial laceration of Achilles tendon? You emptied out your ER quickly but there wasn't any follow up available for this injury. You left us floating for 5 days.

Our experiences have been very positive. Staff is polite and very helpful. The only thing that has been a problem is scheduling appointments are sometimes mixed up. But, the staff was always able to work it out.

Visited the ER in September for low back pain and was seen quickly and professionally. Diagnosis was made out of immediate referral to a surgeon was set up the only drawback is I wish they would’ve fitted me for the back brace and the ER so it would’ve been covered under my ER bill rather than a separate deductible for my medical insurance