There are names affiliated with HaysMed donors: Miller, Schmidt, Bickle. There are walls of names recognizing donors who have invested in our hospital.
I received a stem cell transplant four years ago at KU. For ongoing treatment, I chose Dreiling/Schmidt Cancer Institute of HaysMed, not KU. Easy decision; it was local.
Dr. Rodriguez had been keeping close tabs on me for a couple of years before the transplant became necessary. Great bedside manner. Great sense of humor. Experienced, empathetic and extremely knowledgeable. But overworked. I know that for sure, as he is now one of two oncologists left here at HaysMed though the department had been hoping for a fourth oncologist just last year.
Dr. Grove did my colonoscopies. Great bedside manner. Great sense of humor. Experienced, empathetic and extremely knowledgeable.
I’ve heard it said everyone is replaceable. I suppose that is an accurate statement. It doesn’t say, however, that the replacement will be better or that the replacement will come soon. What cannot be replaced—ever—is the doctor/patient relationship established over time.
Why have 21 health care providers abandoned HaysMed since Jan. 1, 2024? What has made it such a difficult place to help people that physicians have uprooted families and moved away? Who is not listening to those who actually work with patients?
If HaysMed is to be part of Hays’ future, the bleeding has to stop.
— Teresa M. Schrant