NewYork-Presbyterian / Columbia University Medical Center Emergency Department — Local services in New York

Loved the staff!

One nurse arrogantly thought he was in one of the tv medical shows, and could be salty-sassy with patients... patients in pain. Really? In an emergency room, filled with drug addicts, wealthy, homeless, rich, working Janes & Joes?

I thought to myself, "He's going to meet his match, and his match is going to give him extra!"

Sure enough, cops brought in a little shorty. Salty Nurse got sassy with him, and Little Shorty IMMEDIATELY started yelling at him.

Patients, family members, and staff all stopped, came out of their areas to see what was going on, JUST LIKE AN EMERGENCY ROOM TV DRAMA 😮😂! Talk about a quiet emergency room!

Patient Shorty meant every word! He promised Nurse Salty that he'd whip his _ _ _ in front of the cops, and actually walked towards him.

Cops didn't shut him down, either. Maybe they too were sick of Nurse Salty, who got very quiet, probably not sure IF the cops would stop Patient Shorty.

Back to me...😂 LOVED that the staff decided against medications and started from scratch to see if meds were the problem. They are SO thorough with questions, examinations, testing,... I could cry. THEY WERE AWESOME! I AM SO GRATEFUL 🥲

Sure enough, the meds prescribed from another big medical facility had over prescribed meds which caused SERIOUS physical reactions - causing four emergency room visits.

Haven't had a problem since!

They are not who they used to be! I HIGHLY...

I was extremely disappointed with the way blood was drawn at this hospital. In countries with much fewer resources, even an ordinary nurse can find a vein on the first attempt simply by checking the pulse. Here, despite being a major hospital that sees hundreds of patients daily, they caused unnecessary pain — inserting the needle multiple times under the skin as if “searching for oil.”

What was even more shocking is that instead of using a fine butterfly needle, they used a large 5g needle, which made the experience much more painful and left my arm bruised. This is unacceptable for a facility of this level. The administration should seriously reconsider how blood draws are performed and train staff properly. Patients should not suffer this kind of treatment in 2025, especially in one of New York’s leading hospitals.

However my...

Reception staff and the nurse who took my vitals were extremely rude and unhelpful. Triage nurse seemed to have more intelligence but her shift ended and she left. Attending staff seemed unknowledgeable and just sporadic and inattentive. Nurse who did my IV had my blood all over the place as it squirted everywhere while she tried getting a vein. My liver enzyme levels were through the roof and they said go home and rest and follow up with your doctor - meanwhile I am vomiting nonstop with extreme nausea and extreme itchiness and yellow eyes and very dehydrated. No prescription would’ve been given to me had I not asked for nausea meds upon my walking out of the door. Today I still am very much in pain with the same symptoms and won’t see my doctor until Jan 17th. I would not recommend anyone going to this hospital it...