closest hospital | Imamother

sourstix

Wed, Dec 17 2014, 4:55 pm

someone I know lives in the new neighborhood of belz,-lakewood. whats the closest hospital if something cvs' happens? is it chop? they have united healthcare

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OOTBubby

Wed, Dec 17 2014, 4:59 pm

I highly doubt that its CHOP since that is in Philadelphia. There are plenty of closer ones, though CHOP is a high level children's hospital.

boysrus

Wed, Dec 17 2014, 5:06 pm

very confused. which country and city are you talking about? Yerushalayim? Thats hte only Belz neighbourhood I have ever heard of. and if it is yerushalayim, then why do they have american medical insurance?

smss

Wed, Dec 17 2014, 5:06 pm

you can put their address into google maps and do "find nearby" for the nearest hospital.

greenfire

Wed, Dec 17 2014, 5:08 pm

I hope nobody is planning an emergency ...

but you can look in the phone book of that locale - [do they still make phone books?]

Amelia Bedelia

Wed, Dec 17 2014, 5:09 pm

boysrus wrote:

I think she means the new Belz neighborhood in Lakewood.

boysrus

Wed, Dec 17 2014, 5:14 pm

oh
funny!
I never dreamed there would be neihgbourhood called belz anywhere out of Israel...

sourstix

Wed, Dec 17 2014, 5:49 pm

amelia bedilia-thats correct. so what hospitals do pp who live in lakewwood use? whats good for emergencies? whats a generally good hosptal? having united healthcare. yeh I did what sms told me to. and I got quite a few. so which do pp generally use?

sourstix

Wed, Dec 17 2014, 6:03 pm

for instance in brooklyn miamonides is the first one. it isnt the top in every division but on a regular basis its great. if you want something specialized in any bone or joint pp in brooklyn go to joint disease. mount sinai is for high risk pregnancies and others. columbia is prob. for complicated diseases not sure. get what I mean? I just want to know what hospitals pp use for regular emergencies, for maternity, not that ihave had anthing to worry right now just need to know which hmo to choose so need to know whats a good hospital.

penguin

Wed, Dec 17 2014, 6:17 pm

Brick is probably the closest to that neighborhood, unless maybe Kimball in Lakewood, which is on Rte 9. But it depends what level care you need.

Jersey Shore (Neptune) and Monmouth Medical (Long Branch) are probably considered more high-level, but Kimball is now part of Monmouth, called Monmouth-South

Sometimes you just need the patient to be stabilized and transferred.

Generally, the best thing is to talk to the Bikur Cholim people. They can advise you in each circumstance. And, of course, Hatzalah also makes that judgement if to go to the closest or to a more high-level place.

Simple1

Wed, Dec 17 2014, 9:54 pm

You're asking what people usually do? I would assume if it's a real emergency ch"vsh, you'd call Hatzalah and they'll take you to the right place.

If you are talking about maternity, first choose a doctor/practice that you like, and you would then use the hospital they are affiliated with. If you prefer a certain hospital, then I guess you can take that into consideration when choosing your doctor.

penguin

Wed, Dec 17 2014, 10:03 pm

Many used Kimball. Due to the fact that they were losing a lot of money on uninsured women, they closed their maternity dept.

For those who can't make it to another hospital, they would probably deliver in the emergency room & transfer to Monmouth.

Any of you gals want to start an Ezras Nashim in Lakewood to handle women's emergencies?

sourstix

Wed, Dec 17 2014, 10:04 pm

quite interesting, someone asked who is a good pediatrician, in lakewood, on imamother? they were told that dr. shanik uses chop. I want to know if thats true. I tried looking it up and I didnt find it.

Notsobusy

Wed, Dec 17 2014, 10:17 pm

Dr Shanik does usually send children to CHOP, but it is not close, it's about an hour away. It really depends what your medical issue is. Like someone else said, the closest hospitals are Brick or Kimball in Lakewood, neither one is a great hospital, but they may be what you need if you just need to be in a hospital quickly. The closest high level hospital is Jersey Shore, so Dr Shanik sends a lot of patients there. It really depends what the problem is and who he thinks is the best specialist who accepts your insurance.

Simple1

Wed, Dec 17 2014, 10:24 pm

I know that Dr. Shanik refers people to CHOP if they need a specialist. I don't know if Dr. Shanik himself has gone - it's really far. We were referred there, not for inpatient, but to see a specialist. I don't know if it's different for serious cases of in situations where they would need Dr. Shanik there.