[chasedawg]

Let me share with you my experience with Huggins Hospital. They have been fantastic for me, my family and our neighbors need for immediate healthcare.

I have had to do to the emergency room in the past year for several critical needs. Each time they were very response and diagnosed my condition. Their Medical staff helped me recover without a need to travel to Boston MGH.

Our son had a fall wake boarding. He mentioned he had some pain. We thought he may have cracked a rib. Took him to Huggins ER and they diagnosed he had a life threatening condition. The doctor ordered a Flight Med copter to fly him to Maine Medical. As soon as they landed at midnight they rushed him into surgery. The Huggins Doctor helped saved his life.

My neighbor is in his 80's. Very serious health problems for many years. He rested and was near terminal. Tuftonboro Fire Rescue rushed him to Huggins. Both Tuftonboro fire EMT's and Huggins medical team brought his heart back several times. He is resting comfortably and waiting to enjoy Christmas with his family.
I could give you more examples of island friend who had to use Huggins for critical emergency medical care. But I just want to prove a point that what you read on the Internet is usually bogus and surveys don't mean a damn thing. Real life situations having much more meaning than surveys. This is what frustrates me about some folks on this forum that seem to just want to destroy an establishment with comments that have little meaning.

In closing, my wife worked as a senior nurse in the ICU at Mass General for over 35 years. She is considered one of the top nurses at MGH and has worked with many top doctors and has been personally involved with many critically ill patients in the ICU. She has seen first hand with our son the hospital practices of Huggins Hospital. It is not a Mass General. But it is a great neighborhood community hospital that can save lives. Believe me my life, my son and my neighbor lives have been saved.

Thank you Huggins Hospital Medical Team for all the good that you do. My son, my neighbor and I want to wish all of you at Huggins Hospital a very Merry Christmas because of you....we can have a Merry Christmas.