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KrissaKray t1_ir9vbzu wrote

CMC? Who'd have thought?

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I drove by it the other day with my mom and I said "this hospital is closer to my new place - I don't want to have to go here if anything ever goes wrong"

She (a nurse) replied "Just go to Elliot, doesn't matter it's a few extra miles away" lmao

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HorrorThis t1_irach9b wrote

I work right across the street from CMC and have it noted in my employee file and my wife knows that in an emergency I am to be taken to Elliot hospital and if for some reason I end up at CMC I want to be transferred to Eliot as soon as I'm stable enough to do so.

CMC will deny you care based on religion. They will let you die. I've had more than one loved one suffer at that hospital only to recover as soon as they left to another.

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Johnny_WalkerBOT t1_iragifu wrote

Do you have any examples of this you can link to? My father and I have both spent time in CMC, we're both strong atheists. I told them in no uncertain terms that I didn't want nuns anywhere near me. They still took excellent care of me.

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Different_Ad7655 t1_irb2wr3 wrote

Yes I've been to CMC for several procedures and there's never a religious push at all. It's completely invisible to the patient if you don't want it and I also have nothing to complain about. I can't say the same about the Elliot, but there you go. I don't know but as soon as it difficult thing and when you need it you need it

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KrissaKray t1_iraehqq wrote

Wait REALLY?! I knew it was Catholic (duh) but I had no idea there’d be discrimination based on religion.

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HorrorThis t1_iraiykw wrote

What I meant is they will deny you medicine and health care access based on the fact it is a religious hospital. They put religion before healthcare to the point of being extremely dangerous. Avoid this place, especially if you are a woman or obviously not Christian.

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murderqwik t1_ircwfzu wrote

I prefer Elliot to CMC just because they have access to more support imo. The Elliot is part of SolutionHealth which is loosely affiliated with Mass General Brigham iirc.

That said Boston has some of the best teaching hospitals in the world such as MGB, Beth Israel Lahey, and tufts. These health systems provide over 50% of care for Massachusetts and offer their own insurance plans through MassHealth, which may contribute to higher cost of care. Also, as specialty care becomes better further outside of city centers, it reduces the need for acute care in those areas, to a degree. Therefore, these health systems can justifiably funnel acute care patients into higher cost beds around Boston. I'm not saying that it's a bad model, but I can see why some people worry about it. And I'm certainly not a billing & insurance wizard, so if someone has more info please correct me. /Rant

If I had an acute life-threatening illness or trauma there's no doubt I'd want to go to Boston. No knock on Dartmouth, which is a level 1 trauma center and has a great reputation with the med school and Colby-sawyer nursing.

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