Red Lake Hospital Ratings

PO BOX 497
Redlake, MN 56671
Phone: (218) 679-3912

Hospital Type: Acute Care Hospitals
Emergency Services: YES

Contents:
Quality of Care - Infectious Diseases - ER Wait Time - Patient Ratings

Infectious Disease at Red Lake Hospital

Drug resistant bacteria are becoming the largest health facing the United States. There are an increasing number of drug resistant bacteria, including: drug resistant bacteria due primarily to unnecessary and mis-applied use among humans and livestock, patients with hospitalizations for relatively minor reasons can suddenly face lifethreatening illness.

While many hospitals are implementing questionable flu vaccinations¹ for their employees, many fewer have as rigorous solutions for nosocomial MDR infections.

Infectious Disease	Cases
C. Diff Sickens more than a half million people each year and has a 17% mortality rate after one year²	0
MRSA Causes life-threatening bloodstream infections, pneumonia and surgical site infections. Mortality rates may be as high as 20%³	0

Emergency Room Wait Time Ratings

Time until initial exam: 0h 0m

Non-critical cases where patient is discharged have total visit time of 0 hour and 0 minutes

Serious cases where patients are admitted have 2 hour and 53 minutes to be admitted, then an additional 1 hour and 31 minutes delay before leaving to their room.

Patient Ratings

While customer satisfaction surveys don't necessarily reflect the quality of care provided at the hospital, it can identify some areas that are important standards to maintain, such as managing pain and maintaining a sanitary environment.

Overall Rating: POOR

Red Lake Hospital 3.8 out of 5 based on 20 ratings. 20 user reviews.

46% of patients rate the hospital excellent

Positive Patient Ratings

Some patients praise:

Pain was usually controlled for patients
Rooms and facilities are usually clean

Negative Patient Ratings

Staff doesn't respond quickly when patients need help
Nurses often fail to communicate
Patients were often left in pain
Facilities are sometimes dirty

Footnotes:
¹Questionable efficacy of flu vaccination
²C Diff Mortality Rate
³MRSA Mortality Rate

Red Lake Hospital Stories

Feb 09, 2024, 3:47 PM
North Memorial Medical Center: "I've already been here for three hours and its SUPPOSEDLY an hour and a half wait. These times are LIES" - Jennifer

Jan 03, 2024, 7:31 PM
: "Jan 2, 2024 sat in Mercy Hospital Coon Rapids E.R. waiting area for 8 hours then finally was put in a bed in the hallway and given treatment in the intersection of a chaotic emergency room. Total insanity. Staff was efficient but the hellish wait was a nightmare! Same thing happened 5 wks earlier another emergency with a 5 hour wait...thought it couldn't get worse...wrong! " - Annoyed

Dec 24, 2023, 8:37 PM
United Hospital: "Stomach pain since yesterday I’m feeling nausea and weak " - Jawahir

Dec 24, 2023, 8:36 PM
United Hospital: "Stomach pain since yesterday I’m feeling nausea and weak " - Jawahir

Dec 19, 2023, 8:03 PM
Park Nicollet Methodist Hospital: "Have been waiting for 4 and half hours " - Sap

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