A Sad Day For Me

[flip]

Today when I went in to my Five Star Dialysis Center I saw a bunch of people running around in Davita shirts with clipboards and my worst fears have been confirmed. They are selling out to Davita. Our experienced RN's will be replaced with newly trained techs, many of our perks will be gone, many products will be replaced with cheaper ones, and the cattle prods will come out. Sorry, guys but I had to vent somewhere.

[kimcanada]

   aww Flip that SUCKS, its everything now... bigger is NOT always better...  how long have you been doing hemo?

[jbeany]

That's rotten news, indeed.  Hope the transition isn't too bad for you.

[monrein]

That really sucks.  And so many people here were wanting what you had there.  I do hope it won't be awful awful but any change like that is hard to take.

[paris]

Oh flip, that is too bad. You have liked you center so much and things have been good for you.  Keep us updated on the changes.

[devon]

I am sorry especially if this results in a loss of service and customer satisfaction. 

Frankly I don't know much about Davita (I'm pre-dialysis) but I'm concerned that there is so much negative feeling about this company.  How is it that a company can be successful with such poor customer satisfaction?  Perhaps we need to do something about this.  We shouldn't be tolerating poor service for a moment. 

-Devon

[twirl]

watch those jokes you play; Davita has no sense of humor and that cattle prod -  well, let's just say it could get ugly

all jokes aside, I am not happy about this turn of events.... you spoke so highly of your dialysis center and now this...
really sad for you.......and the other patients

[Neo]

Oh man! that Sucks!  Davita is taking over the world... Its unreal...I hope the transition isn't too rough on you..

[thegrammalady]

it may be a state law, i'm not sure, but in colorado there must be an rn on premises at all times. (however the techs don't have to be nurses) they can't even let us into the treatment area unless a nurse is there. i'm so sorry this is happening i'm where i am because my doctor hates davita, he thinks they are evil.

[Stacy Without An E]

I'm so sorry about the change.  After all the comments I've read on IHD about Davita, I would admit I would be fearful.  Is there another clinic you can transfer to?  You shouldn't have to put up with less than stellar care when it's your life we're talking about.

[Sluff]

Eventually they will probably get in trouble for having such a monopoly on Dialysis centers, especially if there is too much bad press about them.

[KR Cincy]

Flip...if it helps, I've been a DaVita patient for over a year (in center for 6 weeks and home a year) and they've all been great...have taken good care of me and treated me very well...so it's not ALL of DaVita that's a problem.

[flip]

Maybe but it's just me but it seems like most of the problems that get media attention are in Davita clinics. It scares me that patient care may be sacrificed for profit. My center is hospital based and non profit. The staff is all RN's and LPN's, we don't reuse dialyzers, and use the best equipment and supplies available.

[Chris]

Sorry to hear flip. I'm with  you, most of the media I hear is bad about DiVita

[Gramapat]

I've been in center at Davita for 8 months.  I am so glad I didn't read all the bad press about Davita before I started.  I would have been so scared!  The nurses and techs at my center are very good and attentive.  Since I've been here and read all the bad stuff, I am always on the lookout for wrongdoing.  I feel very fortunate to be in the center I'm in.   

[twirl]

Flip   this really saddens me    you were always so positive about your dialysis treatment and center         

[Romona]

I hope the quality continues for you.

[Ohio Buckeye]

I hope things go well for you and the others as well.

[flip]

I met with the Unit Administrator today and she assured me that the current staff would remain intact for some period of time and the transition would be gradual. Maybe I'm just over reacting to all the recent news. Hopefully I can be on home hemo in the near future.

[Chris]

Guess that depends how fast the staff can get a job without getting a pay cut if they did stay with DaVita.
flip, didn't you write in another post that DaVita bought a dialysis unit across he street and tried to lure patients away?

[angellady07]

Flip, we are losing a good portion of our experienced techs to Davita. It seems they pay more. I feel a little uneasy about so many changes. I guess I'll just wait and see. I hope the transition at your center is an easy one. 

[flip]

Actually it was Fresenius that is building the new center. I guess Davita and Fresenius will be going toe to toe in a month or two.

[Chris]

Ahhh!

[twirl]

keep pulling your jokes and never change

[kidley]

I, too am having to change to Davita.  My super center is just too far away for me to drive to with gas prices being what they are and will be...and I was dreading it until I thought about something.  Since there are so many Davita centers, the odds of something going wrong are greater and the numbers of people who complain also higher just by volume alone.  So, good luck to you and be glad you at least get to keep some familiar faces (in the other patients at least).