Morehouse General Hospital Ratings

323 W Walnut
Bastrop, LA 71220
Phone: (318) 283-3600

Hospital Type: Acute Care Hospitals
Emergency Services: YES

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

Quality of Care - Mortality Rate

How well does Morehouse General Hospital save lives? 1% worse than the national average, based on the overall mortality rate for critical illnesses.

	Mortality Rate at Morehouse General Hospital	National Average
Heart Failure	14.3%	11.8%
Pneumonia	16.1%	18.2%

Infectious Disease at Morehouse General Hospital

Drug resistant bacteria are becoming a large health risk 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.

Infectious Disease	Cases
C. Diff Sickens more than a half million people each year and has a 17% mortality rate after one year¹	2
MRSA Causes life-threatening bloodstream infections, pneumonia and surgical site infections. Mortality rates may be as high as 20%²	0

Emergency Room Wait Time Ratings

Average Time Spent In Emergency Department: 1h 38m

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 Patient Rating: POOR

Positive Patient Ratings

Some patients praise:

Nurses usually take time to communicate well

Negative Patient Ratings

Staff doesn't respond quickly when patients need help
Patients often don't receive help when they request it
Facilities are sometimes dirty

Footnotes:

¹C Diff Mortality Rate
²MRSA Mortality Rate

Morehouse General Hospital Stories

Apr 07, 2015, 5:36 AM
Morehouse General Hospital: "THE WORST ER I'VE EVER BEEN TO. I HAVE FOUR KIDS AND WOULDN'T BRING A DOG TO BE TREATED. NO BEDSIDE MANNERS. MY 3 YEAR OLD WAS TRAUMATIZED BY BIT BEING TALKED TO BEFORE THEY TRIED to do nose and throat swab. Was put in headlock for nose swab. This was around 6 in evening had him at Glenwood 7 hours later with strep throat two ear infections stomach infection a bad coughing. Moorehouse said he had upper respiratory infection was all. Total miss diagnosis. His doctor was something life Gooch a lady. She never introduced her self was most worst service ever in my life " - Melissa

Compare hospitals in Morehouse County