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Daniel Smith
"10 years post op and I had to have my gallbladder removed by Dr. Smith. He did NO testing before surgery, just assumed it was my gallbladder. When I woke from surgery not only did I have my gallbladder removed, which was not necessary, but I actually had a bowel obstruction. Dr. Smith found a hernia during surgery, did not fix. Said he fixed my bowel obstruction. I was home for less than 12 hours when everything Dr. Smith did came undone due to my intestines spinning in the hernia he DID NOT fix. I was immediately rushed to another hospital and had to have emergency surgery to fix everything he did wrong. My insides were floating in my own feces. I had to intestinal surgeries in four days, was hospitalized for 7 days due to the lack of care by Dr. Daniel Smith. I lost my job, so I lost my health insurance for myself and my son, I was two weeks from taking finals at school, but had to take an F in both classes leaving me to retake the classes at $4000. I would NEVER recommend Dr. Smith for ANY type of surgery again. When you can diagnose a patient without doing any pretesting you should NO longer be practicing. My total for all my losses was approx. $150,000. I did see a lawyer, but do to the laws that protect doctors I was unable to sue for what he did to me. For your own health and well being, NEVER use St. Josephs Hospital or Dr. Daniel Smith in Park Rapids, MN. You are a $ sign! If they mess up, no one cares!"

St. Joseph's Area Health Services (COE)
"The people and the staff at the hospital were very nice and supportive. They were sensative to my needs and to my own uncomfortableness about my body and weight. I remember telling my husband that nobody has ever seen me naked so many times in 3 and 1/2 days and still been nice, supportive and sensative. Because of their attitude toward me, I had a better, more comfortable attitude."
About Me
Moorhead, MN
Location
25.8
BMI
RNY
Surgery
10/02/2003
Surgery Date
Mar 04, 2003
Member Since
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