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ziggyjoe212 t1_jdwoi4v wrote

A paramedic once told me he would never send a family member to UPMC McKeesport.

As for preferred hospital, UPMC Shadyside. Presbyterian is closer to me but there is too much traffic in the area currently, and parking is a pain. Shadyside is more convenient for accessibility and traffic and parking.

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Aggravating_Foot_528 t1_jdwrlwz wrote

Well, in this scenario you'd wake up in the hospital, so you don't have to worry about parking.

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GargantuanWitch t1_jdwy1jx wrote

UPMC McKeesport has some fantastic nurses, however. All of their staff were pretty great, every time I've been there. Always got the feeling they were the most "real" or something, like the distance between McKeesport and Downtown meant that they weren't all drinking the Corporate Kool-Aid.

That ER triage on a Friday/Saturday night is WILD, though. Long time ago, went in with a ruptured appendix, and had a woman who spoke only in profanity on one side of me, and a guy who was on PCP (restrained to the bed, naturally) on the other. By the time we were shuffled our separate ways, I'm pretty sure they had decided to marry each other in order to spite a third party.

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coatedingold t1_jdxc22i wrote

For anyone that doesn't know Presby has free valet parking for er patients.

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