Comments on: Capital Regional Medical to Change to HCA Florida Capital Hospital

By: Rosie

Rosie — Fri, 08 Apr 2022 13:03:37 +0000

With such a shortage in nurses in Tallahassee, how do they expect to staff the new rehab hospital

By: Bruce

Bruce — Sat, 12 Mar 2022 00:26:18 +0000

Doubt the care there is any good, hence the name change. They lost so many Covid patients that they had to bring in a mobile morgue, and now they’re changing their name. Coincidence?

By: DavidB

DavidB — Fri, 04 Mar 2022 18:34:06 +0000

FYI, CRMC has been “back” under the HCA umbrella for years now. It is not a new thing. And the employees in certain areas suffer because of it.

By: Vernon

Vernon — Thu, 03 Mar 2022 21:00:14 +0000

I dont think many can afford to go to CRMC anyway…My wife drove herself there at 8pm one evening (while I was out of town) with severe congestion in 2019 before covid came on the scene. They diagnosed Bronchitis, gave her medication, kept her until 11am the next day and sent her home. The Doctors and Nurses were very good, but…couple of weeks later they billed us $28,000. I may be just and old timer out of touch but this sounds excessive to me. I wont go back.

By: A Skeptic

A Skeptic — Thu, 03 Mar 2022 19:17:59 +0000

@Barb — I learned of that right about the time the different treatments were made public and immediately told my wife that if either of us came down with COVID we were going to TMH. She was in complete agreement.

By: Barb

Barb — Thu, 03 Mar 2022 16:47:00 +0000

In the summer of 2020, the CRMC decided to not treat covid patients with hydroxychloroquine while TMH did treat patients with the drug. At the time, I was concerned that Capital Regional’s decision may have been a political one (because of Trump’s strong support of the drug’s use) and I still am concerned about that.

By: A Skeptic

A Skeptic — Thu, 03 Mar 2022 16:21:03 +0000

Note to self (and David).

TCH used to be part of HCA but separated from the chain due to under performance. They’re just going home, their need for more resources to compete locally remains a likely cause.

By: A Skeptic

A Skeptic — Thu, 03 Mar 2022 15:44:28 +0000

@David – The change from TCH to CRMC seemed odd at the time. The change this time seems to make a lot more sense.

Merging into a bigger parent organization with more resources is probably a necessity with TMH/TRMC and the new VA hospital within spitting distance.

By: pat

pat — Thu, 03 Mar 2022 15:41:45 +0000

Living on the Northside of Havana, Bainbridge, Georgia is actually closer to me than the City of Tallahassee. My wife and I shop there and use Bainbridge Memorial Hospital and Manor for our Heathcare. Our Doctor’s offices are also located there.

What I love about the medical care in Bainbridge is: it is outstanding, the personal attention is second to none and my out-of-pocket expenses are less. Not trying to knock Capital Regional or TMH, but they seem like a giant airport, with millions of Doctors and Nurses all over the place. Just finding a guest’s room can be a challenge. I bet, one day, Capital Regional and TMH have an airport style tram system just to get around.

And the last time I visited a patient at TMH, the doctors and nurses looked like they just graduated College….very few had any gray hair. Gray hair being a sign of experience.

By the way, Capital Regional does have excellent ER Doctors. I.E. Dr. Timothy Walker.

By: David T. Hawkins

David T. Hawkins — Thu, 03 Mar 2022 14:41:25 +0000

I have never seen a Hospital change its Name as many times as this one has. Makes me wonder what’s going on there.