A San Jose man says he lost this job, his life savings and his home because he’s been forced to wait more than six months for a surgery at Santa Clara Valley Medical Center, which is a public hospital in Santa Clara County.
Spradlin reached out to NBC Bay Area’s Investigative Unit after he saw our earlier reports about Valley Medical Center doctors reporting burnout and their patients having to wait upwards of six to seven months to see a physician. In some cases, the doctors said patient safety was being put at risk.
In Spradlin’s case, he said the hospital told him to call back in October. When he did that, they tried to schedule an appointment for Nov. 1 and then immediately rescheduled it for Nov. 15, he said. Nov. 15 is when he got his first consultation for hernia surgery. The doctor told him he needed to lose weight before the procedure.Spradlin says he tried going to other hospitals, but the providers wouldn’t take his insurance.
Since his consultation, Spradlin has dropped most of the weight he was told to lose, but he’s still waiting for his procedure. In October, he says his employer didn’t renew his contract, and he can’t get another job because in his line of work he has to report injuries. In their statement to the Investigative Unit, Santa Clara Valley Healthcare said, “… like all systems, we experience imbalances in supply and demand from time to time, and patients may occasionally need to wait longer than they would like for non-urgent care.”
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