My 17 yr. old had to get his tonsils out. 1st. problem i go to pre-register and the dr. office did not pre op the secondary insurance. So the hospital said they do not take that insurance so it had to have a pr autrhorization so I call dr. weingarten's office and she said she would get it done. That was Monday, I called back on Wednsday and she told me she forgot, so she would try right now. So I call and check the next day and she tells me its very hard to get through she doesn't know what she is going to do? Mind you they had 3 weeks to get this all done and this five days before the surgery. So I call my insurance and tell them whats going on. They say tell her to call back and do it stat. She calls friday and talks to my husband and just tells him the time to be there. Then we get there and the pre authoriation is not done so we wait until about 7:00 and then finally the nurse comes out and calls us. She wasn't sure what to do but she said is going to get him ready anyways. Then Dr. W comes in and was told what was going on, he started yelling at the other drs. , nurses, me and my son. He was horrible he said just call of the surgery his office doesnt make mistakes and its the hospital fault, my fault everybody elses fault but his. He walks away and then comes back yelling again to let me now everythings ok with the insurance. After surgery he comes out tells me what to do if any complications, and then makes sure to tell me again that all the insurance papers were done and it was the hospital fault again with a very loud voice in front on the waiting room. On the sixth day of recovery my son started bleeding very badly. He calls me to tell me whats happing so I rush home. He tried to put the ice water but it isnt stoping so my son calls 911. The ambulance is there when I arrive. They take him to the hospital and call Dr. W . The bleeding is stopping. Dr. w says put ice water in your mouth and hold in the back of throat and keep doing that for 45 mins. So my son does that and it stops. Great!! Then he comes in the hospital and proceeds to yell at me and tell me what a bad parent I was because I wasn't there in front of the emergency room. Then told my son because he\r
didn't call him now he has to stay in the hospital and every two hours put ice water with salt in his mouth and hold it in the back of his throat and take it out for 45 mins and repeat it every 2 hrs. I asked why because he isnt bleeding any longer and he said because we didn't call him this is what he has to do. Why don't you just burn it , no he says lets just wait and see what happens. MInd you in all this he is yelling at me telling me everything is my fault and then yelled at my son. I asked right then and there if I could have another dr. The nurses said no no other dr. will touch my son until dr. W releases him from the hospital. Dr. WEIGARTEN talks to people like everybody is beneath him. I have experienced it and saw it. The following morning Dr. W released my son over the phone and didn't even come in to check on him. The next morning my son woke up with ulsers all over his mouth. I already had a new dr. for him but she hadn't see him yet so they told me to call Dr. W. Very hesitant I called because my son was in pain. He told the nurse to tell me he needs to drink more water. My son had an appt. the next day with the new dr. and she fixed him right up. He needed a mouth wash. The mouth wash cleaned up his mouth in a day. I BELIEVE THAT DR. WEINGARTEN IS MALICIOUSS AND VENDICTIVE AND HAS A GOD LIKE MENTALLITY. HE SHOULD HAVE HIS LICENSE TAKING AWAY!!!
Pros: He is a good Dr
Cons: terrible bedside manner with patient and there family!!!!
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