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Health Opinions... Please help. — Brooklynian

Health Opinions... Please help.

jodi
jodi
edited November -1 in Park Slope
Hi. I'm a nurse and I'm in school taking community health nursing. I have to do a paper for my class. It's an assessment of Park Slope. If anyone can answer or give input to the following questions, I'd greatly appreciate it.

Thanks.

1. What is your definition of health?
2. What is your attitude toward the support of services in the Park Slope area?

Comments

  • brooklynpotter
    brooklynpotter
    i can't give you a definition of health because i just don't see it that way.

    as for park slope, i feel it's severely lacking in good healthcare. if it were an emergency and i had the extra few minutes, i'd take a car into beth israel. i'd avoid methodist at all costs and if i had to stay in brooklyn hit lich (ugh) or maimonedes.

    as far as health support here, my cat has better options and can get better care. really.
  • jodi
    jodi
    Thanks... For everyone else, if you're unhappy w/ PS services, can you please write what types of services you would like to see.
  • brooklynpotter
    brooklynpotter
    jodi,

    the biggest problem i see is that because of the lack of good hospitals, we're not getting the best doctors here. i'd like to know why the dr.s here don't have priveleges (sp?) at better hospitals, and that makes me think they're less qualified.

    i have heard that PS has great midwives, but i don't know this personally.
  • redrider
    redrider
    As far as obstetrics and gynecology are concerned, I think I have a lot of options. My midwife has both a group practice and her private practice in the neighborhood, which is terrific, though her/their hospital affiliation is with LICH rather than Methodist. All of my other doctors are in Manhattan. When I was dealing with a sports injury, I couldn't find a PT place in Park Slope-- or rather, I found one, and was told it really only dealt with PT as it related to stroke rehabilitation.

    I have a family history of metastatic Melanoma, so it is really critical to my peace of mind to be seen regularly by a dermatologist/dermopathologist, and some of the best docs in the world are in Manhattan. That's close enough for me. I don't need them to be in walking distance to my apartment as long as they are accessible.

    My only concern is the quality of emergency care. I really wouldn't want to go to Methodist if I were seriously injured/sick. I'd ask to be sent to LICH, or even NYU Downtown rather than Methodist.
  • pgager
    pgager
    Redrider wrote: As far as obstetrics and gynecology are concerned, I think I have a lot of options. My midwife has both a group practice and her private practice in the neighborhood, which is terrific, though her/their hospital affiliation is with LICH rather than Methodist. All of my other doctors are in Manhattan. When I was dealing with a sports injury, I couldn't find a PT place in Park Slope-- or rather, I found one, and was told it really only dealt with PT as it related to stroke rehabilitation.

    I have a family history of metastatic Melanoma, so it is really critical to my peace of mind to be seen regularly by a dermatologist/dermopathologist, and some of the best docs in the world are in Manhattan. That's close enough for me. I don't need them to be in walking distance to my apartment as long as they are accessible.

    My only concern is the quality of emergency care. I really wouldn't want to go to Methodist if I were seriously injured/sick. I'd ask to be sent to LICH, or even NYU Downtown rather than Methodist.
    What about SUNY for health care?
  • redrider
    redrider
    pgager wrote: [quote=Redrider]As far as obstetrics and gynecology are concerned, I think I have a lot of options. My midwife has both a group practice and her private practice in the neighborhood, which is terrific, though her/their hospital affiliation is with LICH rather than Methodist. All of my other doctors are in Manhattan. When I was dealing with a sports injury, I couldn't find a PT place in Park Slope-- or rather, I found one, and was told it really only dealt with PT as it related to stroke rehabilitation.

    I have a family history of metastatic Melanoma, so it is really critical to my peace of mind to be seen regularly by a dermatologist/dermopathologist, and some of the best docs in the world are in Manhattan. That's close enough for me. I don't need them to be in walking distance to my apartment as long as they are accessible.

    My only concern is the quality of emergency care. I really wouldn't want to go to Methodist if I were seriously injured/sick. I'd ask to be sent to LICH, or even NYU Downtown rather than Methodist.
    What about SUNY for health care?SUNY for emergency purposes? I don't have a problem with it in theory, but I've always just assumed that in terms of travel, it would be easier to hop on to the BQE and get to LICH, or into the BK-BTRY tunnel for NYU... When I think of getting to East Flatbush in an emergency, I think of getting stuck in traffic... but I imagine in reality it's probably just as easy to get to.

    I haven't had any personal experience with SUNY, so I can't speak to the quality of the care there.
  • eggcream
    eggcream
    I like NY Methodist. Never had a problem. One emergency dr. wasn't too swift but other than that. Had one kid there and one gall bladder removed and family has had minor stuff done. Never a problem. I use some of their doctors as well. What I do hate about some doctors in the Slope is that they only seem to work two days a week. It generally takes a month to get an appointment for a check-up. Knock wood, we're all healthy but really 2 days a week. Had one kid at LICH and didn't like that hosp. very much. I've had surgery at Beth Israel and didn't have a problem. Really nice place. I see a surgeon in Manhattan twice a year for a check-up and it's a 1-3 hour wait. I had foot surgery at a specialized place in the City and really liked that. The smaller specialized Hospitals seem to operate well for minor problems. I don't know where some people are going but I've had my share of surgeries/medical care and luckily have never had a problem with any in Park Slope.
  • the chipster
    the chipster
    Once you're out of the city; there are these AMAZING walk in clinics. Clean, friendly, and efficient. When I got sick in an upstate middle class suburb, it almost made me feel better just to walk into a place and be seen promptly. Nice people at reception---unlike most AWFUL hospital workers. Why the hell do they choose this profession if they hate dealing with people so much?!!
  • brooklynpotter
    brooklynpotter
    ok, you would trust doctors who worked in a walk-in clinic? are you kidding me?

    nice receptionists don't a responsible and safe health facility make.

    doctors who work in clinics like this--and i'm not talking about the kind for low-income people--aren't working in real hospitals for a reason. i'd rather take my chances at a real ER, other than seeing a doctor who went to med school in el salvador... there are reasons some doctors work in these kind of clinics, and the inability to work in a real medical environment is one of them.
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