Whitesburg Arh Hospital Ratings

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

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Quality of Care - Mortality Rate

How well does Whitesburg Arh Hospital save lives? 0% better than the national average, based on the overall mortality rate for critical illnesses.

	Mortality Rate at Whitesburg Arh Hospital	National Average
Stroke	13.1%	13.9%
Heart Failure	11.4%	11.8%
Pneumonia	19.3%	18.2%

Infectious Disease at Whitesburg Arh 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	6
MRSA Causes life-threatening bloodstream infections, pneumonia and surgical site infections. Mortality rates may be as high as 20%2	1

Emergency Room Wait Time Ratings

Average Time Spent In Emergency Department: 2h 20m

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: AVERAGE



Footnotes:

¹C Diff Mortality Rate
²MRSA Mortality Rate

Whitesburg Arh Hospital Stories

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Dec 24, 2025, 5:02 PM
Tristar Greenview Regional Hospital: "jake ER rn was very helpful and gave me excellant care. " - john

Sep 06, 2025, 4:39 PM
Lexington Va Medical Center: "Scathing reports about patient safety have been issued about this hospital. I try to point out shortcomings and they deny deny deny. Lying to cover mistakes, misdiagnosis. I came from a medical background since 1986. the leadership here is at fault. When they cover up and protect staff violations, they are breaking the law. I will continue to try and make this a safer place for veterans to be treated by using facts. They argue against them when presented and even attempt to blame the patient. I have witnessed a drunk surgeon at a hospital prior but consider myself safer there. This Lexington, Ky VA is substandard. I just had a call from a nurse there who could barely speak medical terminology. I was not given a triage before being sent to the hallway to wait. I wonder how many a year die this way. Be an educated health consumer, look up statistics and don't believe for one second, that this is a safe place. I have spoken with the chief of medicine there and he denied, denied, denied. No wonder the staff does anything they please. Poor leadership, leads to poor staff and patient safety. I have been in the medical field a very long time and this is the most unsafe hospital I have ever encountered. " - Charles

Feb 22, 2025, 8:46 AM
Carroll County Memorial Hospital: "Upper management is a ridiculous. J I l l not sure of last name) talks badly to the staff, yells at them and belittles them in front of patients. I honestly have never been so shocked by someone’s behavior, like a toddler throwing a tantrum when her older brother takes her toy. The doctors are clearly bored and uninterested in helping. Registration gossips so loudly that I know HR has relationships around with multiple men instead of works and the CEO has been cheating on her husband for years instead of running the hospital if you could even call it that. The staff either is lazy and rude or fearful and cautious. Don’t come here expecting great treatment and don’t come here expecting fast treatment. Also if you live in that community I would recommend working somewhere else maybe where you’re valued and have morals that are treating staff unfair, or sleeping around. Small town backwards hospital at its worst." - Emily

Apr 06, 2024, 8:56 PM
Central Baptist Hospital: "Notoriously long wait times. But.. Very thorough diagnosis. I had skin infection. Central Baptist was 3rd hospital after it kept getting worse. Only one willing to test bacteria. Turned out to be MRSA." - Russell

Dec 07, 2023, 10:01 PM
Norton Hospitals: "Three hours my ass I've been waiting at the er with my wife's for 5 hours without help while she's in unbearable pain every five minutes" - Chrova

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