Hunterdon Medical Center

Excellent hospital received wonderful care.
Nurses were fantastic. Doctors were wonderful

This hospital only cares about making money. They do not give the proper care, the paramedics that work at this facility do not care about patience care and in my experience have actively ignored patient complaints and, in the state of New Jersey has caused multiple malpractice suits. The paramedics that provide improper care according to the NJ State are still actively employed at this facility despite multiple allegations of improper care and currently undergoing investigations of malpractice. Even without taking into consideration the amount of people that are not properly treated due to this in the emergency room, this is not the only place you will feel discriminated against. While I was in active labor with my child at 18 I was told by a nurse I could not have an epidural because I was "too young and needed to experience child birth, according to my nurse and it was my fault I was In that situation despite knowing why I was in that situations. This nurse not only ignored my typed out and printed birth plan but actively forced me to do things while I was in labor that I was not comfortable with and told her I was not comfortable with. Becuase of the experience I had with Hunterdon Health I no longer feel safe or comfortable giving birth in a hospital becuase of the trauma I had to endure while I was there. The only way I would every recommend Hunterdon is if your life is in immediate danger and the only possibility you had was the closest hospital, otherwise avoid this place at all costs, it is not worth your life.

This is a updated review. I really wish Hunterdon medical center was a good hospital, but it is not. My wife had stage 4 tonsil cancer 12 years ago, which HMC diagnosed as stage 2. The treatment plan the doctors came up with was to give her chemo, radiation and the oncologists even called her dentist, without our knowledge, and told him to remove all her teeth prior to treatment.

HMC had little to no experience with tonsil cancer, but they were willing to treat her. Even the ENT doctor, who is associated with HMC, that looked at her tonsil decided it should be remove immediately, which they did. After surgery, he said it was "abnormal."

Thankfully for us we decide to have her treated at U of Penn Cancer Center, which correctly diagnosed it as stage 4, treat her with radiation and chemo and she has been cancer free for 12 years! And, still has her teeth.

To say HMC care was reckless is an understatement. They had no business even considering treating her! Even the ENT doctor got a scolding for the doctors at Penn for taking the tonsil out, thereby making it more difficult to diagnose.

It's not an overstatement to say my wife would
Not be here had she been treated at HMC.

Good healthcare providers need to know their limits and recommend other facilities that can properly treat patients. HMC doesn't do that and seems to be driven by $$$$.

FIRST OF ALL I AM SICK OF READING We are sorry to read about your experience and would like to learn more. Please reach out to our Patient Advocate THEY DON'T DO ANYTHING BUT LIE AND PROTECT THE HOSPITAL! Once I reported a nurse who said she was pulling three shifts and admitted thanking god for coke or she wouldn't have been able to I reported that and nothing was done. If you want to die be lied to, treated poorly, or watch someone you love die who was never in the hospital. Take them here. This was a great hospital about 14 years ago until all the good doctors left as they were being told if they didn't take the COVID-19 vaccine to lie and say it was for religious reasons, and they refused to lie. They either all started quitting or were being put up against a wall demanding that Hunterdon Medical Center allow them to buy their practices when the doctors all said no this hospital went above and beyond trying to ruin their amazing new practices, sending letters to all patients for hundreds of different doctors stating they didn't take any privet or government insurances anymore. I was even shown a letter of threats to all my doctors, and they all left. The hospital is now understaffed and is a nightmare. If you are put in the hospital, it's heartbreaking hearing patients crying for help while nurses do nothing but talk, play on their phones, laughing with the doctors as if it was a nightclub and they do nothing. It is a living hell each time I have to go there, and right now, I have for the last two months, but I do not trust any of the nurses and new doctors there either or the stuck-up ones who believe they are better than anyone. This hospital is now owned by a corporation that knows nothing about medicine, bedside manners, care, or compassion! I could easily passageway in my sleep as Im getting much sicker, but I fear this hospital, even now Morristown, so much I stay as clear as possible, and I found out that THEY ALSO MADE A MAJOR MISTAKE ON MY MEDICAL PAPERWORK , WHICH CAUSED MORE THAN A NEAR DEATH EXPECTANCE! This hospital needs a major lawsuit and adducted adjustment. How dare anyone treat people like trash and untrained nurses and doctors? Beware

I'm so surprised reading negative reviews about this place. I've been here many times, having three kids here, and having to stop at the ER on multiple occasions for various reasons. The staff has always been absolutely phenomenal. The physicians are top notch. I have never had a negative experience. To me, it is clear that the organization and people care about the patients and care about what they do. I unfortunately was at the ER last night with my four year-old daughter, who had a dog bite, and I had the most positive experience I've ever had in any healthcare situation. I could not imagine going anywhere else.

HOW DO I GIVE NO STARS OR NEGATIVE STARS?! Absolutely THE WORST hospital in the state of NJ. If I were about to take my last breath, I wouldn't go to Hunterdon Medical Center! BEWARE! Go elsewhere! ANYWHERE else has to be better choice. Too many things happened or didn't happen to type out here, I'd need at least an hour!

Unfortunately this is one of the worst ER's that I have ever been to. I have been having a number of medical problems this year and have been 2 this ER 3 times. Tonight is the second time I am leaving and going to drive to Morristown as I have been here for 4.5 hours and I was being told it would be at least another hour or two before I get into the back.

Unless I am in an ambulance and have no choice, this will be the last time I come to Hunterdon ER.,

I'm getting PTSD from reading these reviews. I no longer live in the area, but when I did my daughter became seriously ill with an intestinal blockage. She survived, but if I had to do it over I would've taken her right to Morristown memorial or Princeton. Terrible experience. She was 14, and put on the pediatrics unit with nurses who seemed really unable to care for a kid recovering from major abdominal surgery. It was just a protracted nightmare- I know she's still dealing with the aftermath years later. These folks were beyond incompetent. It was a very disturbing experience for our family. Word to the wise- go to Morristown.

My Son was transported by ambulance . Nothing was done for him He was there for approximately 24 hours didn't get one thing to eat didn't give him fluids didn't do anything for him released him following day in the same condition

I could not make any sense out of my mother's health crisis. I never figured a sinister element in it. I never imagined a hospital would withhold lifesaving treatment. I thought having an elderly woman with the symtom of delirium in restraints for a week was bad. Well my mother's nightmare had just begun. Her first admittance she was in great physical condition and when they discharged her with np diagnosis she could no longer walk on her own. She had extreme fatigue and muscle weakness. I don't know if it had anything to do with the severe infection that was festering inside her. It was so severe one of her kidneys was nonfunctional and had attached itself to other organs and body parts. Odd that she was never treated for sepsis in any of her readmittings. She was elderly, had a fever, delirium and later that day a uti and she was discharged. She was admitted a few days later with a high white palate count and diacharge a few days later. I live out of state and I was going crazy telling my sister that that it is an emergency situation. It is just so unbelievable. They knew about her severe infection and thought it too costly to treat her. I have no clue if it was disclosed to my family. They were too busy keeping everyone in the dark about my mom's delirium. It became severe cognitive impairment because the hospital still didn't want to treat her. I think they were surprised that she was still alive each time she was admitted. Months went by and she was finally diagnosed with a severe infection and had to have one kidney removed. To remove the infectioni is still an emergency. It took 2 weeks to start draining the kidney and 4 weeks to actually drain it. I am still researching that one. . It seems like they still were on their cost mission. I am looking forward to finding out everyone involved in my mother's health crisis. I have been trying to make sense of it for a year and a half. My mom trusted her doctors and family and they ended being her worst enemy. She thinks her family are heroes because she doesn't remember any of it and they are not going to tell her. They started her nitemare with a lie and they will end it with a lie. My family and hospital better hope my mother stays healthy. I am extremely anxious to meet the one who thought they were God and could choose my mother's fate. She fooled you! It's called the Cognitive Reserve Network. What Hunterdon Medical Center did is a criminal. I woke up this morning thinking it must be just a dream. God only knows how many other elderly vulnerable people we lose because of cost. It's a crime against humanity.