Twin County Regional Hospital Ratings
200 HOSPITAL DRIVE
Galax, VA 24333
Phone: (276) 236-8181
Galax, VA 24333
Phone: (276) 236-8181
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 Twin County Regional Hospital save lives? 19% worse than the national average, based on the overall mortality rate for critical illnesses.Mortality Rate | |
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Heart Attack | 17% |
Heart Failure | 14% |
Pneumonia | 15% |
Infectious Disease at Twin County Regional 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 |
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C. Diff Sickens more than a half million people each year and has a 17% mortality rate after one year2 | 16 |
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 16mNon-critical cases where patient is discharged have total visit time of 1 hour and 50 minutes
Serious cases where patients are admitted have 2 hour and 36 minutes to be admitted, then an additional 0 hour and 55 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: AVERAGE
Twin County Regional Hospital
4.55
out of 5
based on 32 ratings.
32 user reviews.
71% of patients rate the hospital excellent
Positive Patient Ratings
Some patients praise:- Nurses usually respond quickly when patients need help
- Nurses usually take time to communicate well
- Pain was usually controlled for patients
Negative Patient Ratings
Footnotes:
1Questionable efficacy of flu vaccination
2C Diff Mortality Rate
3MRSA Mortality Rate
Twin County Regional Hospital Stories
Jun 25, 2023, 7:49 PM
Twin County Regional Hospital: "Bull crap. Came in with a broken wrist said average wait was 60 min. Been here over 4 hrs. And still waiting!!!" - Jim
Oct 02, 2022, 4:17 AM
Twin County Regional Hospital: "Went to er thru said was ear infection was then flown to baptist it was brain tumor now going to uva get operation thanks twin county for your. Sorry misdiagnoses" - Landon
Jan 17, 2022, 9:07 PM
Twin County Regional Hospital: "911 said get her to ER now high blood pressure we did she sit there 14 hours in waiting room no good" - Rodney
Jul 10, 2017, 12:00 AM
Twin County Regional Hospital: "This place is a dump ,need to put Dr- y acmes on the road, the nurses tak tome lline ike In Nancy's child,I've. Been beer 3hours,and only got two taylon hours ago,I've doing the same thing here Is,be doing at home,my hips are hurting badly and they take a,x-ray,of meh chest instead of what was hurting ne whichks why did I come could be setting at Hulme,these Sectors and nurses need tel.
Reach ououfor help and vet threw in a room for 3hours,cold and aggaervarion got,I will never go.e here again,close the door b4 so.one dies,we need real Dr a,d. Nurses that card
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