UNC Radiology And Laboratory

Oct 2023

Came here for an extremely sore throat, with pain radiating to my ears, and a headache. Saw the nurse almost immediately and got a strep test. Waited for 45 min to see the PA, who was rude and didn't ask me about my symptoms. She walked in, listened to my lungs, looked in my throat - stated she didn't see any thrush there. Said there was nothing else she could do for me. I was extremely disappointed at how quick she was to examine me and send me home, without listening to my concerns.

May 2023

I have received excellent care at this facility until May 10, 2023. The PA was rude, informed me I have dementia, wrote a lengthy, insulting, erroneous clinic note about our encounter, and misdiagnosed me. He wanted meme to take an ambulance to the ER. I said "no." He briefly left me in the exam room with a very nice NP. and returned with EMS and two paramedics. I refused to go but he used scare tactics (heart attack, stroke) though my BP started going down and was not high enough to warrant emergency y treatment. The ER doctor's report refuted his diagnosis. The PA's clinic notes misrepresent my attempts to explain my symptoms. I will pursue this matter through the appropriate channels. Ageism is a serious offense.

Aug 2022

I really wanted to like this urgent care facility (a weird thing to say about urgent care) since it's so close to our apartment, but I had a Yelp two-star experience here: "Could've been better." My wife, who visited previously separate from me, had a better experience and would probably rate this place three ("OK") or four ("Good") stars. I realize urgent care visits can vary widely based on patient demand alone. This review is based on my visit. I started feeling under the weather late on a Friday into a Saturday morning. Mild sore throat, body aches, and lethargy. Saturday night, I had aches and chills. No fever. A little bit of coughing in the middle of the night and some congestion in the mornings, but not bad at all. The sore throat got worse into Monday and Tuesday. I home-tested for COVID on Saturday, Sunday, and Tuesday. Negative all three times. However, on Tuesday, my throat was still hurting like hell (more than "normal" sore throats I've had in the past from colds and the like), so I decided to visit this urgent care to see if they could figure out what I had and how to feel better ASAP. This past Tuesday, I entered the office at 10:51am. I wasn't admitted into a room (exam room #3) until about 12:45pm. I then wasn't seen by the provider until about 1:15pm. So, I wasn't seen by a provider for a solid two-plus hours. It could have been worse. I'm sure some of the folks who checked in after me had to wait longer. In some cases, much longer. I wasn't out of here until after about 1:30pm. A good chunk of my workday gone. This is an example of why I avoid going to urgent care facilities unless I really need to go. In this case, it felt like a hole had been burned into the back/top of my throat and the pain was sharply radiating into my nose and ear. I needed relief. It was hard to focus on work or anything else. I chose this UNC Urgent Care location (at Carolina Pointe II) not only because it's close to where I live, but also because the official UNC Health Care website listed a live 0-10 minute wait time for this location. It was very wrong. Beneath the estimated wait time was a button to "Reserve my spot now," but the button/link was broken. When I checked in, because of my symptoms, I was asked to wait outside in my car. Understandable because of COVID, but do they really expect people to either (a) run their cars on idle with the AC on, burning gas, for two-plus hours or (b) sit/stand outside in the summer heat and humidity? What about people who don't have a car or can't afford to run their cars on idle? There should be a better solution, UNC. Another patient and I waited "outside" in the building lobby, separate from the urgent care waiting room. We waited for so long that we saw multiple patients (parents and babies) come and go for their appointments upstairs at UNC Children's Pediatric Primary Care. I thought the staff here was polite and efficient. I don't think they were to blame for the long wait time. I think it's more on UNC Health Care's administration and management. There was only *one* provider at this location during my visit, PA Megan Fleming. IIRC, she told me that in recent months, since the loosening of COVID restrictions (e.g., less mask usage and social distancing), there has been a rise in visits related to upper respiratory problems and I believe a rise in general demand at urgent care facilities. However, despite the rising demand, UNC Health Care hasn't adjusted the staffing level accordingly. Thus, increased wait times. Denise checked me in at the front desk. Nurse Jules called my phone to get me to come in from the outside and into the exam room. Jules took my vitals and did my throat swab for two strep tests, one rapid and one long (where my throat culture was sent to an outside lab). Megan gave me a PCR test for COVID, influenza A and B, and RSV (respiratory syncytial virus). All of my tests came back negative. I was able to view them on MyCha