East Liverpool VA Clinic — Local services in East Liverpool

The Calcutta VA clinic is a lovely facility; modern, decorated nicely, friendly nurses, and very clean. However... it is not recommended. There are no x-ray machines on the premises, the blood lab is available only part time, and the physicians (Dr Tambouratsis especially) are aloof & incompetent. I am a retired physician and feel qualified to assign that judgement. While under Tambouratsis's care for hypertension (high blood pressure), I had constant bleeding from my nose for over 3 weeks for which I was referred to an outside doctor for cauterization. That doctor became instantly alarmed, demanding that I go by ambulance immediately to the local hospital ER as the nose bleed was actually spontaneous nasal hemorrhaging due to a lethal blood pressure of 190/168; with probable heart attack, stroke, & death imminent. Tambouratsis had been checking my pressure every two weeks for a year and always falsely reported 120/80 with a compliment to himself for his great results. When confronted with the facts, Tambouratsis said it was no big deal and suggested I read a book called The Grain Brain. The man is a total incompetent and could have killed me. I have since changed VA clinics, my medications are all changed, and my pressure is normal at 122/78. This man sees 8 patients a day, claims to be over worked, but is playing on his computer constantly. He needs to be removed. BTW, I contacted my congressman and Tambouratsis claimed it was all a misunderstanding, it was wept under the rug, and he remains in his comfy chair receiving $240,000 a year as a VA internist. Beware; the...

Punitive measures of the administrative kind can be issued. People fear speaking up, for good reasons. This is a powerful, well financed entity, and to boink its bug eyes is almost equilivent to boinking the bug eyes of the IRS. Since 1997, I could write a book on the abuses, just on me, a few more volumes for what I have seen, done to others, let alone the stories I have heard, through the years. Some good people in this system, most, not so good. Use this system, but, if you can afford it, go out of pocket to the private sector, while you still can. A complete old soviet style system is right around the corner, then, no non elite person will be safe. Orwell, even...

Best CBOC in northeast Ohio Nurse Marissa may give the impression of having anger issues and she has a reputation for sending nasty emails to her superiors overall she is very caring as she puts the needs of the patients ahead of her own therefore she should be promoted ahead of her peers and given a substantial raise Tim Williams LTC...